Global Monitoring of Volcanic SO2 Degassing Using Sentinel-5 Precursor TROPOMI

Nicolas Theys, Hugues Brenot, Isabelle De Smedt, Christophe Lerot, Pascal Hedelt, Diego Loyola, Jonas Vlietinck, Huan Yu, Benoît Smets, François Kervyn, Julien Barrière, Nicolas d'Oreye, Adrien Oth, Michel Van Roozendael

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Abstract

We present here the TROPOMI SO 2 product, which is publicly available since April 2018. We describe the capabilities and limitations of the product for the monitoring of volcanic SO 2 degassing. With several examples, we illustrate the benefit of a small satellite pixel of 3.5 x 5.5 km 2 . Owing to its improved detection limit, the data can be used to generate time series of SO 2 mass over number of volcanoes, with a large range of SO 2 emissions. We use Nyiragongo as a show case and correlate the SO 2 mass data with lava lake level estimates and local measurements of the seismicity. This paper also presents on-going developments to further improve the performance of the product for weak SO 2 loadings using a new algorithm, COBRA.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIGARSS 2021 - 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1911-1914
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-6654-0369-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Event2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2021 - Brussels, Belgium
Duration: 12 Jul 202116 Jul 2021

Publication series

NameInternational Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Volume2021-July
ISSN (Electronic)2153-7003

Conference

Conference2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2021
Country/TerritoryBelgium
CityBrussels
Period12/07/2116/07/21

Keywords

  • volcanic emissions
  • sulfur dioxide
  • monitoring
  • time series
  • satellite

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