South Sandwich Islands volcanic and orographic cloud signatures
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Even though the South Sandwich Islands are near the limb of the GOES-16 (GOES-East) view, Near-Infrared “Cloud Particle Size” (2.24 µm) images (above) were able to display a long volcanic plume (brighter shades of white) originating from Mount Michael on Saunders Island during the daylight hours on 12 March 2020. In addition, smaller/shorter volcanic... Read More