In addition to the scientific information brought by the GMES atmosphere and emergency response service projects MACC and SAFER in support to EU Member State authorities, SAFER was activated on 21/04/2010 in order to cooperate with the International Charter Space and Major Disasters and help monitoring the activity of the Volcano on a daily basis thanks to high resolution optical images.
A document dated 12 May 2010 describes how SAFER is contributing to the monitoring of the volcanic activity through two main products:
- "Volcanic plume ash loading", which shows the detection of the volcanic ask cloud and a preliminary estimation of several characteristics (volcanic ash mass, aerosol optical depth and particle effective radius;
- "Forecast of ash dispersion", which show forecasting maps of ash concentration.
- Situation on 17/04/10
- Situation on 23/04/10
- Ash Plume on 23/04/10
- Ash Plume on 24/04/10
(Credit SAFER/SERTIT for all maps)