9-month ReviewWP3

Authors: S. Corradini1, L. Merucci1, F. Marzano2,3, M. Montopoli2, M. Ricci3, E. Carboni4

Affiliations: 1INGV-RM; 2University of l'Aquila, CETEMPS; 3University of Rome, La Sapienza, 4University of Oxford

WP3WP achievements: - Draft of the ATBD for the different MACE input products for some instruments (to be delivered @ T0 + 18)

- Selection of the Mt. Etna events for MACE products generation and validation

- Preliminary retrieval products for the Etna test case (SEVIRI, MODIS, IASI, RADAR X band) – MACE inputs

Issues, problems: - n.a.

Status of deliverables: - No deliverables @ T0 + 9 (D3.1, D3.2, D3.3 @ T0 + 18)

Plan for the next period (up to the yearly review): - Preliminary integration for 1 or 2 Etna test cases using both satellite and ground measurements

WP3WP achievements: - Draft of the ATBD for the different MACE input products for some instruments (to be delivered @ T0 + 18)

- Selection of the Mt. Etna events for MACE products generation and validation

- Preliminary retrieval products for the Etna test case (SEVIRI, MODIS, IASI, RADAR X band) – MACE inputs

SEVIRI MODIS IASI AATS

R

MERIS MISR SSMIS AMSU-A CALIPSO RADAR-X SAR GPS

X X X X X X

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All these events have been characterized by high ash emissions and, for three of them, the volcanic cloud was affected also by significant amounts of water droplets and/or ice.

Because the elaboration of the ground based measurements identified for the validation are still ongoing, the MACE team will reserve the option to select also other test cases if considered more interesting for the project.

WP achievements: - Draft of the ATBD for the different MACE input products for some instruments (to be delivered @ T0 + 18)

- Selection of the Mt. Etna events for MACE products generation and validation

- Preliminary retrieval products for the Etna test case (SEVIRI, MODIS, IASI, RADAR X band) – MACE inputs

23 November 2013

Credit: INGV-OE, UFVG report, 23/11/13

The lava fountain start at 09:30 GMT and end at

10:20 GMT

WP3WP achievements: - Draft of the ATBD for the different MACE input products for some instruments (to be delivered @ T0 + 18)

- Selection of the Mt. Etna events for MACE products generation and validation

- Preliminary retrieval products for the Etna test case (SEVIRI, MODIS, IASI, ground RADAR X band, GPS) – MACE inputs

The Multi-platform volcanic Ash Cloud Estimation(MACE) Architecture

SEVIRI channel @ 11 m

SEVIRI ASH retrievals using VPR approach

23 November 2013GEO data

SEVIRI BTD (ch

11-ch

12 m)

SEVIRI BTD with roi

MODIS-Aqua image, 12:45 UTC

IASI image, 21:00 UTC23 November 2013LEO data

Ground RADAR X

23 November 2013Ground Based data

… will be used to retrieve the volcanic cloud altitude and thickness

How to improve and integrate the ash retrievals:

The RADAR-X measurements ...

SEVIRI ash retrieval procedure

MODIS RGB image, 12:45 UTC

Georeference and collocation

ash cloud

ash cloud

SEVIRI RGB image, 12:45 UTC

MODIS projection on SEVIRI grid

The parallax problem

SEVIRI image, 12:45 UTC

Zaksek et al., 2013