Sentinel-5P detects severe volcanic eruption
Sentinel-5P detects severe volcanic eruption
At around 20:12 local time on 26 June 2018 (02:12 UTC on 27 June), the Sierra Negra volcano erupted on Isabela Island in the Galapagos archipelago. Sentinel-5P was above the area at exactly that time and was able to detect extremely high concentrations of sulphur dioxide in its measurements. With more than 500 DU (Dobson unit), the detected values exceeded the usual measurement scale by a factor of 100.
The image contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2018), processed by DLR / BIRA.
