Earth ID: 3783

Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull Volcanic Ash Plume May 6-8, 2010 - Stereoscopic Version

Visualizations by Cindy Starr Released on October 21, 2010

During April and May, 2010, the Eyjafjallajökull volcano on Iceland's southern coast erupted, creating an expansive ash cloud that disrupted air traffic throughout Europe and across the Atlantic. This animation shows the flow of this ash cloud for three days in early May on an hourly basis as sensed from a geostationary satellite. The ash cloud heights were determined using an approach developed by NOAA/NESDIS/STAR for the next generation of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R). Data from EUMETSAT's Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) was used as a proxy for GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) data. This data is shown intersecting with the CALIPSO Parallel Attenuated Backscatter curtain on May 6th.

In this page the visualization content is offered in two different modes to accommodate stereoscopic systems as: Left and Right Eye separate and Left and Right Eye side-by-side combined on the same frame.

This set provides stereoscopic visualization content (Left and Right Eye side by side combined on the same frame) of the composite animation including the foreground, star background and date overlay.

This set provides stereoscopic visualization content (Left and Right Eye separate) of the star background without transparency. These frames are rendered wider than the standard size to allow them to be shifted to alter the stereo separation of the background plane.

Visualization Credits

Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Visualizer
Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC): Animator
Victoria Weeks (HTSI): Video Editor
Michael Starobin (HTSI): Producer
Michael J. Pavolonis (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR): Scientist
Charles Trepte (NASA/LaRC): Scientist
Jason Trackett (SSAI): Scientist
Justin Sieglaff (Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies): Scientist
Zhaoyan Liu (National Institute of Aerospace): Scientist

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Mission:
CALIPSO

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