Articles | Volume 10, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-979-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-979-2017
Research article
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10 Mar 2017
Research article |  | 10 Mar 2017

Plume propagation direction determination with SO2 cameras

Angelika Klein, Peter Lübcke, Nicole Bobrowski, Jonas Kuhn, and Ulrich Platt

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While measuring sulfur dioxide fluxes in volcanic plumes with a UV-sensitive camera, the wind direction can influence the retrieved fluxes. If the volcanic plume is tilted in the field of view of the camera, it can lead to over- or underestimations of the determined fluxes. This paper presents a method to deal with such a circumstance. Additionally, it provides the possibility to determine the wind direction of the plume directly from the image time series themselves.