{"id":4872,"date":"2010-03-21T18:40:38","date_gmt":"2010-03-21T18:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=4872"},"modified":"2010-03-26T19:25:31","modified_gmt":"2010-03-26T19:25:31","slug":"satellite-evidence-of-lava-flows-from-an-icelandic-volcano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/4872","title":{"rendered":"Satellite evidence of hot lava flows from an Icelandic volcano"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"NOAA-19<\/a>

NOAA-19 AVHRR 3.7 \u00c2\u00b5m shortwave IR image<\/p><\/div>\n

The Eyjafjallaj\u00c3\u00b6kull volcano<\/a><\/strong> in southern Iceland (which had last erupted in the 1820s)<\/em> experienced a minor eruption on 21 March 2010<\/strong>. An AVHRR 3.7 \u00c2\u00b5m shortwave IR image from the polar-orbiting NOAA-19<\/a><\/strong> satellite (above)<\/em><\/strong> showed evidence of a “hot spot” (black to yellow pixels)<\/em> due to the resulting lava flows.<\/p>\n

According to the London VAAC<\/a><\/strong>, the volcanic eruption did not produce significant volcanic ash above the 5000 foot level:<\/p>\n

FVXX01 EGRR 211458
\nVA ADVISORY
\nDTG: 20100321\/1200Z
\nVAAC: LONDON
\nVOLCANO: EYJAFJOLL
\nPSN: N6339 W01926
\nAREA: ICELAND
\nSUMMIT ELEV: 1000M
\nADVISORY NR: 2010\/006
\nINFO SOURCE: ICELAND MET OFFICE
\nAVIATION COLOUR CODE: UNKNOWN
\nERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION CONTINUES
\nOBS VA DTG: 21\/1200Z
\nOBS VA CLD: SFC\/FL050 N6331 W01923-N6559 W02252-N6559 W03252-N6047 W03823-N6017 W0342 -N6331 W01923
\nFCST VA CLD +6HR: 21\/1800Z SFC\/FL050 N6331 W01919-N6705 W02525-N6704 W03621-N5801 W04323-N5633 W03545-N6143 W03035-N6331 W01919
\nFCST VA CLD +12HR: 22\/0000Z SFC\/FL050 N6331 W01903-N6750 W02833-N6750 W03955-N6131 W04520-N5435 W04459-N5501 W03207-N5954 W03105-N6331 W01903
\nFCST VA CLD +18HR: 22\/0600Z SFC\/FL050 N6342 W01929-N6838 W03232-N6808 W04515-N5426 W04601-N5202 W03737-N5644 W02954-N6143 W03247-N6342 W01929
\nRMK: THIS ADVISORY SUPERCEDES ADVISORY 2010\/005. VOLCANIC ASH NOT ABOVE FL050, ERUPTION MAINLY LAVA
\nNXT ADVISORY: 20100321\/1800Z= <\/blockquote\n\nAdditional information is available from the Icelandic Met Office<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

=========================<\/p>\n

24 MARCH UPDATE<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n

\"Aqua<\/a>

Aqua MODIS 3.7 \u00c2\u00b5m shortwave IR image<\/p><\/div>\n

The minor volcanic eruptions continued for several days; meteorological clouds often obscured Iceland during that time, but on 24 March an overpass of NASA’s Aqua satellite allowed another view of the lava flow “hot spot” (red pixels)<\/em> on a 1-km resolution MODIS 3.7 \u00c2\u00b5m shortwave IR image (above)<\/em><\/strong>. The maximum IR brightness temperatures within the red pixel area were 330 K<\/strong>. Additional photos and video<\/a><\/strong> have been posted by the Icelandic Met Office<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Eyjafjallaj\u00c3\u00b6kull volcano in southern Iceland (which had last erupted in the 1820s) experienced a minor eruption on 21 March 2010. An AVHRR 3.7 \u00c2\u00b5m shortwave IR image from the polar-orbiting NOAA-19 satellite (above) showed evidence of a “hot spot” (black to yellow pixels) due to the resulting lava flows. According to the London VAAC, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,12,26,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-avhrr","category-modis","category-poes","category-volcanic-activity"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4872"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4874,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4872\/revisions\/4874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}