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Uncertainty-bounded estimates of ash cloud properties using the ORAC algorithm: application to the 2019 Raikoke eruption
Andrew T. Prata
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Sub-Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, UK
Roy G. Grainger
Sub-Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, UK
Isabelle A. Taylor
COMET, Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PU, UK
Adam C. Povey
National Centre for Earth Observation, Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PU, UK
Simon R. Proud
National Centre for Earth Observation, Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PU, UK
RAL Space, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0QX, UK
Caroline A. Poulsen
Science and Innovation Group, Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia
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Short summary
Satellite observations are often used to track ash clouds and estimate their height, particle sizes and mass; however, satellite-based techniques are always associated with some uncertainty. We describe advances in a satellite-based technique that is used to estimate ash cloud properties for the June 2019 Raikoke (Russia) eruption. Our results are significant because ash warning centres increasingly require uncertainty information to correctly interpret,
aggregate and utilise the data.
Satellite observations are often used to track ash clouds and estimate their height, particle...
