Forecasted total column SO2 from Bardarbunga Stratavolcano

CAMS forecasts from the OMI instrument, captured the transport of the plume of volcanic SO2, from Bardarbunga Stratavolcano in Iceland, southward, while spreading over the continent on 21 and 22 September 2014. The plume stretched all the way from Finland through Poland, Germany and France to southern England. On the right is a parallel forecast, for which no OMI data were used, this did not show any elevated SO2 values, confirming that “normal” emissions of SO2 (including shipping and industrial
activities) could not explain the observed situation.