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Modelling of volcanic ash with HYSPLIT and satellite observations: a case study of the 2018 Barren Island volcano eruption event, Andaman Territory, India


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1 Geosciences and Disaster Management Studies Group, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (ISRO), Dehradun 248 001, India
2 Department of Disaster Management, Pondicherry University, Port Blair 744 101, India
 

The present study aims to identify, characterize monitor and model the transport pathways of volcanic ashes and various features of the active phase of Barren Island volcano (BIV), Andaman and Nicobar Island, India during 2018 using the several Earth observation satellite technologies and field observations in the study area. Sentinel-2 satellite datasets have been used to identify volcanic eruption features such as lava flow, ash plume, cinder and vent and different directions of lava flow from the cinder cone during the 2018 eruptive phase of BIV. To visualize the major variations in thermal intensity and understand the behaviour of current volcanic activity, volcanic radiative power (VRP) and radiant fluxes of the recent eruptive phase were calculated using MIROVA. In addition, thermal anomaly was observed in the form of anomalous fire pixels for 44 days in FIRMS database. Also, NASA/NOAA Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS, VNP14IMGT) were used for validating the real-time activity of the 2018 volcanic eruption phase. The results obtained were closely related with the periods of high eruptions as observed in the Sentinel-2 datasets. The volcanic aerosol ‘sulphur dioxide’ (SO2) data (time series-area averaged) were analysed as well as a five-day forward trajectory and volcanic ash model for each eruption event was deve­loped using HYSPLIT model to identify the transport pathways and extent of volcanic ash cloud in the lower atmosphere during the eruptive phase of the volcano.

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Eruptive phase, field observations, satellite observations, volcanic ash.
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Authors

Goutham Krishna Teja Gunda
Geosciences and Disaster Management Studies Group, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (ISRO), Dehradun 248 001, India
P. K. Champatiray
Geosciences and Disaster Management Studies Group, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (ISRO), Dehradun 248 001, India
Mamta Chauhan
Geosciences and Disaster Management Studies Group, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (ISRO), Dehradun 248 001, India
Prakash Chauhan
Geosciences and Disaster Management Studies Group, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (ISRO), Dehradun 248 001, India
Mijanur Ansary
Geosciences and Disaster Management Studies Group, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (ISRO), Dehradun 248 001, India
Arya Singh
Geosciences and Disaster Management Studies Group, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (ISRO), Dehradun 248 001, India
Yateesh Ketholia
Geosciences and Disaster Management Studies Group, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (ISRO), Dehradun 248 001, India
S. Balaji
Department of Disaster Management, Pondicherry University, Port Blair 744 101, India

Abstract


The present study aims to identify, characterize monitor and model the transport pathways of volcanic ashes and various features of the active phase of Barren Island volcano (BIV), Andaman and Nicobar Island, India during 2018 using the several Earth observation satellite technologies and field observations in the study area. Sentinel-2 satellite datasets have been used to identify volcanic eruption features such as lava flow, ash plume, cinder and vent and different directions of lava flow from the cinder cone during the 2018 eruptive phase of BIV. To visualize the major variations in thermal intensity and understand the behaviour of current volcanic activity, volcanic radiative power (VRP) and radiant fluxes of the recent eruptive phase were calculated using MIROVA. In addition, thermal anomaly was observed in the form of anomalous fire pixels for 44 days in FIRMS database. Also, NASA/NOAA Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS, VNP14IMGT) were used for validating the real-time activity of the 2018 volcanic eruption phase. The results obtained were closely related with the periods of high eruptions as observed in the Sentinel-2 datasets. The volcanic aerosol ‘sulphur dioxide’ (SO2) data (time series-area averaged) were analysed as well as a five-day forward trajectory and volcanic ash model for each eruption event was deve­loped using HYSPLIT model to identify the transport pathways and extent of volcanic ash cloud in the lower atmosphere during the eruptive phase of the volcano.

Keywords


Eruptive phase, field observations, satellite observations, volcanic ash.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv121%2Fi4%2F529-538