February 17, 2021

The volcano Etna hinders air traffic

A pillar of smoke and ash over one kilometre high is currently hindering air traffic in Sicily. Measurements from the Copernicus satellite Sentinel-5P reveal the volcano's sulphur dioxide emissions. The data are processed operationally at EOC and made available to the user community in near real time.

The volcano Etna hinders air traffic
February 13-28, 2021

The volcano Etna hinders air traffic

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The volcano Etna hinders air traffic
February 13-28, 2021
Sentinel 2 satellite image of Etna from 21.2.2021
left: True colour image; right: false colour combination of channels 12, 11 and 8a. This channel combination uses the short-wave infrared range of the Sentinel 2 sensor and shows the lava flows on Etna in red-orange.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021), processed by DLR

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