Nighttime Ash Tracking with CALIPSO

A satellite records a vertical profile of the atmosphere and reveals the altitude of ash clouds.

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NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using data provided by Charles Trepte of CALIPSO Project Science Office. Caption by Holli Riebeek. Thanks go to James Acker, NASA GSFC/Wyle IS LLC, for identifying the event.

Published May 25, 2010
Data acquired May 16, 2010

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CALIPSO > CALIOP