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Mount Rinjani volcanic ash plume

By Scott Bachmeier •

Suomi NPP VIIRS true-color RGB images [click to enlarge]

Suomi NPP VIIRS true-color RGB images [click to enlarge]

The Mount Rinjani volcano in Indonesia began a period of eruptions on 25 October 2015; the ash plume became very apparent on Suomi NPP VIIRS true-color Red/Green/Blue (RGB) images from RealEarth on 03 and 04 October (above). The volcanic ash disrupted flights at Denpasar Airport in Bali (the red dot at the southern tip of the island) for several days.

A GOES-R volcanic ash height product (derived using Himawari-8 AHI data) from the SSEC Volcanic Cloud Monitoring site indicated that the plume reached heights of 10 km (dark blue color enhancement) at times during the 03-04 October period (below).

Himawari-8 Volcanic Ash Height product [click to play animation]

Himawari-8 Volcanic Ash Height product [click to play animation]

McIDAS-V images of Suomi NPP VIIRS Day/Night Band (0.7 µm), near-IR (1.6 µm), shortwave IR (3.74 µm), and IR (11.45 µm) images (below, courtesy of William Straka, SSEC) showed the hot spot and nighttime glow of the summit of the Rinjani volcano at 1733 UTC on 04 November.

Suomi NPP VIIRS Day/Night Band (0.7 µm), near-IR (1.6 µm), shortwave IR (3.74 µm), and IR (11.45 µm) images [click to enlarge]

Suomi NPP VIIRS Day/Night Band (0.7 µm), near-IR (1.6 µm), shortwave IR (3.74 µm), and IR (11.45 µm) images [click to enlarge]

Categories: GOES-R, Himawari-8, McIDAS-V, RealEarth, Red-Green-Blue (RGB) images, Suomi NPP, VIIRS, Volcanic activity