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Mount Semeru Eruption on December 1, 2020: A Volcanic Ash Cloud Assessment Using TIR Imagery with 8.5-12.0 µm Spectral Bands

Version 1 : Received: 4 December 2020 / Approved: 7 December 2020 / Online: 7 December 2020 (13:45:54 CET)

How to cite: Wibowo, A. Mount Semeru Eruption on December 1, 2020: A Volcanic Ash Cloud Assessment Using TIR Imagery with 8.5-12.0 µm Spectral Bands. Preprints 2020, 2020120159. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202012.0159.v1 Wibowo, A. Mount Semeru Eruption on December 1, 2020: A Volcanic Ash Cloud Assessment Using TIR Imagery with 8.5-12.0 µm Spectral Bands. Preprints 2020, 2020120159. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202012.0159.v1

Abstract

Mount Semeru is one of the most active volcanoes in the Java Island. This article presents the results of observations and detections of volcanic ash cloud after Mt Semeru eruptions on 1 December 2020 at 01:23 AM. Volcanic ash cloud detection was conducted by analyzing thermal infrared (TIR) satellite images acquired by the NOAA-20 and SNPP with MODIS and VIIRS instruments. The TIR instruments have detected the presence of volcanic ash cloud. The results show increasing ash cloud brightness temperature (BT) from 240 to 270 Kelvin (K) several hours after eruptions. Increasing BT indicated the development of volcanic Cumulonimbus (Cb) at lower altitude. Northeast movements of 270 K BT clouds were observed at 06:12 AM. Presences of volcanic Cb and SO2 were confirmed using IR bands of 12.0-10.8 µm, 11.0-8.5µm and 11.0 µm. This Cb cloud was observed moving northeast directions. The data acquired from the TIR imagery resulted from this study is thought be used in future to support and complement ground-based observations and detections of active volcanoes mainly in Java Island.

Keywords

ash; brightness temperature; Cumulonimbus; eruption; TIR,;volcano

Subject

Environmental and Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science and Meteorology

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