Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions www.atmos-meas-tech-discuss.net 1867-8610 2 1 2009 10.5194/amtd-2-303-2009 http://www.atmos-meas-tech-discuss.net/2/303/2009/ http://www.atmos-meas-tech-discuss.net/2/303/2009/amtd-2-303-2009.html http://www.atmos-meas-tech-discuss.net/2/303/2009/amtd-2-303-2009.pdf 303 342 2009-02-09 Retrieval of SO₂ from thermal infrared satellite measurements: correction procedures for the effects of volcanic ash S. Corradini corradini@ingv.it L. Merucci A. J. Prata Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia,Via di Vigna Murata 605, 00143 Roma, Italy Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Instituttveien 18 Kjeller, 2027, Norway The simultaneous presence of SO₂ and ash in a volcanic plume can lead to a significant error in the SO₂ columnar abundance retrieval when multispectral Thermal InfraRed (TIR) data are used. The ash particles within the plume with effective radii (from 1 to 10 μm) reduce the Top Of Atmosphere (TOA) radiance in the entire TIR spectral range, including the channels used for SO₂ retrieval. The net effect is a significant SO₂ overestimation. <br><br> In this work the interference of ash is discussed and two correction procedures for satellite SO₂ volcanic plume retrieval in the TIR spectral range are developed to achieve an higher computation speed and a better accuracy. <br><br> The ash correction can be applied when the sensor spectral range includes the 7.3 and/or 8.7 μm SO₂ absorption bands, and the split window bands centered around 11 and 12 μm required for ash retrieval. This allows the possibility of a simultaneous estimation of both volcanic SO₂ and ash in the same data set. The proposed ash correction procedures have been applied to the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and the Spin Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) measurements. Data collected during the 24 November 2006 Mt. Etna eruption have been used to illustrate the technique. The SO₂ and ash estimations are carried out by using a least squares fit method and the Brightness Temperature Difference (BTD) procedures, respectively. The simulated TOA radiance Look-Up Table (LUT) needed for the SO₂ columnar abundance and the ash retrievals have been computed using the MODTRAN 4 Radiative Transfer Model. <br><br> The results show the importance of the ash correction on SO₂ retrieval at 8.7 μm – the SO₂ columnar abundance corrected by the ash influence is less than one half of the values retrieved without the correction. The ash correction on SO₂ retrieval at 7.3 μm is much less important and only significant for low SO₂ columnar abundances. Results also show that the simplified and faster correction procedure underestimates the ash correction compared with the more time consuming but more accurate correction procedure. 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