Satellite observations show potential to improve ash cloud forecasts

Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 09:30 in Earth & Climate

Predicting the exact dispersal of a volcanic ash cloud is never going to be easy. However, satellite data are showing that the eruption from Iceland's Grímsvötn volcano this week was unlikely to have posed a significant threat to airspace over central Europe.

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