Photometric Observations of Aerosol Optical Properties and Emission Flux Rates of Stromboli Volcano Plume during the PEACETIME Campaign
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Stromboli Volcano and Its Activity during the Measurement Campaign
3. Data and Methods
3.1. The PEACETIME Campaign
3.2. Observations of Volcanic Aerosols’ Optical Properties with a MicroTops Sun-Photometer
3.3. Estimation of the Aerosol Mass Flux
4. Results and Discussion
4.1. Optical Characterisation of the Stromboli Plume
4.2. Aerosol Mass Flux Rate
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Plume Section | AE | AODP (440 nm) |
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Section 1 | 1.23 0.25; 0.57/1.48 | 0.10 0.01; 0.07/0.13 |
Section 2 | 1.57 0.46; 0.79/2.36 | 0.05 0.03; 0.03/0.13 |
Whole plume | 1.40 0.40 | 0.08 0.04 |
Background | 0.93 0.12 | 0.13 0.01 |
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Sellitto, P.; Salerno, G.; Doussin, J.-F.; Triquet, S.; Dulac, F.; Desboeufs, K. Photometric Observations of Aerosol Optical Properties and Emission Flux Rates of Stromboli Volcano Plume during the PEACETIME Campaign. Remote Sens. 2021, 13, 4016. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13194016
Sellitto P, Salerno G, Doussin J-F, Triquet S, Dulac F, Desboeufs K. Photometric Observations of Aerosol Optical Properties and Emission Flux Rates of Stromboli Volcano Plume during the PEACETIME Campaign. Remote Sensing. 2021; 13(19):4016. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13194016
Chicago/Turabian StyleSellitto, Pasquale, Giuseppe Salerno, Jean-François Doussin, Sylvain Triquet, François Dulac, and Karine Desboeufs. 2021. "Photometric Observations of Aerosol Optical Properties and Emission Flux Rates of Stromboli Volcano Plume during the PEACETIME Campaign" Remote Sensing 13, no. 19: 4016. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13194016