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Global Sulfur Dioxide Monitoring Group Publications

Peer-reviewed Publications

(Conference Pubs)

  • 2012
    • Brendan T. McCormick, Marie Edmonds, Tamsin A. Mather, Simon A. Carn (2012), First synoptic analysis of volcanic degassing in Papua New Guinea, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems G3, 13, No. 3, doi:10.1029/2011GC003945). (in press). PDF
    • Prata, A. J., G. J. S. Bluth, C. Werner, V. J. Realmuto, S. A. Carn, and I. M. Watson (2011), Gas Emissions from Volcanoes, in Monitoring Volcanoes in the North Pacific: Observations from Space, Eds. K. G. Dean and J. Dehn, ISBN:978-3-540-24125-6, Springer-Praxis Books (in press).
    • Thomas, H.E., I.M. Watson, S.A. Carn, A.J. Prata, and V.J. Realmuto (2011), A comparison of AIRS, MODIS and OMI suphur dioxide retrievals in volcanic clouds, Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, Speccial Issure: Passive satellite techniques and ground-based investigations for volanic activity monitoring, (in press).
    • Kushendratno, J.S. Pallister, Kristianto, F.R. Bina, W. McCausland, S. A. Carn, N. Haerani, J. Griswold, and R. Keeler (2012), Recent explosive eruptions and volcano hazards at Soputan volcano - a basalt stratovolcano in north Sulawesi, Indonesia, Bull Volcanol., 74(7), 1581-1609.
    • D. Walter, K.-P. Heue, A. Rauthe-Schöch, C.A.M. Brenninkmeijer, L.N. Lamsal, N.A. Krotkov, and U. Platt (2012), Flux calculation using CARIBIC DOAS aircraft measurements: SO2 emission of Norilsk, J. Geophys. Res., 117, D11305, doi:10.1029/2011JD017335. PDF
    • C.A. McLinden, V. Fioletov, K.F. Boersman, N.A. Krotkov, C.E. Sioris, J.P. Veefkind, and K. Yang (2012), Air quality over the Canadian oil sands: A first assessment using satellite observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L04804, doi:10.1029/2011GL050273. PDF
    • Hao He, Can Li, Christopher P. Loughner, Zhanqing Li, Nickolay A. Krotkov, Kai Yang, Lei Wang, Youfei Zheng, Xiangdong Bao, Guoqiang Zhao, and Russell R. Dickerson (2012), SO2 over central China: Measurements, numerical simulations and the tropospheric sulfur budget, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2011JD016473). PDF
  • 2011
    • V.E. Fioletov, C.A. McLinden, N.A. Krotkov, M.D. Moran, and K. Yang (2011), Estimation of SO2 emissions using OMI retrievals, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L21811, doi:10.1029/2011GL049402. PDF
    • Carn, S.A. and T.M. Lopez (2011), Opportunistic validation of sulfur dioxide in the Sarychev peak volcanic eruption cloud, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 4, 1705-1712, www.atmos-meas-tech.net/4/1705/2011/amt-4-1705-2011. PDF
    • Carn, S.A., K. Froyd, B.E. Anderson, P. Wennberg, J. Crounse, K. Spencer, J. Dibb, N.A. Krotkov, E.V. browell, J.W. Hair, G. Diskin, G.Sachse, and S. Vay (2011), In-situ measurements of tropospheric volcanic plumes in Ecuador and Colombia during TC4, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D00J24, doi:10.1029/2010JD014718. PDF
    • Lee, C., R.V. Martin, A. van Donkelaar, H. Lee, R.R. Dickerson, J.C. Hains, N. Krotkov, A. Richter, K. Vinnikov, and J.J. Schwab (2011), SO2 emissions and lifetimes: Estimates from inverse modeling using in situ and global, space-based (SCIAMACHY and OMI) observations, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D06304, doi:10.1029/2010JD014758. PDF
    • Veefkind, J.P, Boersma, K.F., Wang, J., Kurosu, T.P., Krotkov, N., Chance, K. and Levelt, P.F. (2011), Global satellite analysis of the relation between aerosols and short-lived trace gases, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 1255-1267, doi:10.5194/acp-11-1255-2011.  PDF
  • 2010
    • Yang, K., X. Liu, P.K. Bhartia, N.A. Krotkov, S.A. Carn, E. Hughes, A.J. Krueger, R. Spurr and S. Trahan (2010), Direct Retrieval of Sulfur Dioxide Amount and Altitude from Spaceborne Hyper-spectral UV Measurements: Theory and Application, J. Geophys. Res., Okmok-Kasatochi Special Issue, 115, D00L09, doi:10.1029/2010JD013982.  PDF
    • Morris, G.A., W.D. Komhyr, Jun Hirokawa, James Flynn, N. Krotkov, Fong Ngan, and Barry Lefer (2010), A balloon sounding technique for measuring SO2, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 27 (8), 1318-1330. doi:10.1175/2010JTECHA1436.1. PDF
    • Spinei, E., S.A. Carn, N.A. Krotkov, G.H. Mount, K. Yang, and A.J. Krueger (2010), Validation of ozone monitoring instrument SO2 measurements in the Okmok volcanic plume over Pullman, WA in July 2008, J. Geophys. Res., Okmok-Kasatochi Special Issue, 115, D00L08, doi:10.1029/2009JD013492. PDF
    • Krotkov, N.A. M. Schouberl, G. Morris, S. Carn, and Kai Yang (2010), Dispersion and lifetime of the SO2 cloud from the August 2008 Kasatochi eruption, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D00L20, doi:10.1029/2010JD013984. PDF
    • Carn, S.A. and A.J. Prata (2010), Satellite-based constraints on explosive SO2 release from Soufriere Hills volcano, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L00E22, doi:10.1029/2010GL044971. PDF
    • Can Li, Qiang Zhang, Nickolay A. Krotkov, David G. Streets, Kebin He, Si-Chee Tsay, and James F. Gleason (2010), Recent large reduction in sulfur dioxide from Chinese power plants observed by the Ozone Monitoring Instrument, Geophys. Res. Letters, 37, L08807, doi:10.1029/2010GL042594. PDF
    • Can Li, Nickolay A. Krotkov, Russell R. Dickerson, Zhanqing Li, Kai Yang, and Mian Chin (2010), Transport and evolution of a pollution plume from northern China: A satellite-based case study, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D00K03, doi:10.1029/2009JD012245. PDF
    • Ferguson, D.J., T.D. Barnie, D.M. Pyle, C. Oppenheimer, G. Yirgu, E. Lewi, T. Kidane, S.A. Carn, and I. Hamling (2010), Recent rift-related volcanism in Afar, Ethiopia, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 292(3-4), 409-418, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.02.010.
  • 2009
    • Yang, K., X. Liu, N.A. Krotkov, A.J. Krueger, and S.A. Carn (2010), Estimating the Altitude of Volcanic Sulfur Dioxide Plumes from Space Borne Hyper-spectral UV Measurements , Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L10803, doi:10.1029/2009GL038025. PDF
    • J.C. Witte, M.R. Schoeberl, A.R. Douglass, J.F. Gleason, N.A. Krotkov, J.C. Gille, K.E. Pickering, and N. Livesey (2010), Satellite observations of changes in air quality during the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Paralympics, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L17803, doi:10.1029/2009GL039236. PDF
    • Lee, C., R.V. Martin, A. van Donkelaar, G. O'Byrne, N. Krotkov, A. Richter, L.G. Huey, and J.S. Holloway (2010), Retrieval of vertical columns of sulfur dioxide from SCIAMACHY and OMI: Air mass factor algorithm development, validation, and error analysis, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D22303, doi:10.1029/2009JD012123. PDF
    • de Foy, B., Krotkov, N.A., Bei, N., Herndon, S.C., Huey, L.G., Martinez, A.-P., Ruiz-Suárez, L.G., (...), Molina, L.T. (2009), Hit from both sides: Tracking industrial and volcanic plumes in Mexico City with surface measurements and OMI SO2 retrievals during the MILAGRO field campaign, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 9(24), 9599-9617.  PDF.
    • Krueger, A.J., N. Krotkov, K. Yang, S. Carn, G. Vicente, and W. Schroeder (2009), Applications of satellite-based sulfur dioxide monitoring, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2(4), 293-298, 10.1109/JSTARS.2009.20373349.
    • Bani, P., C. Oppenheimer, J.C. Varekamp, T. Quinou, M. Lardy, S.A. Carn (2009), Remarkable geochemical changes and degassing at Voui crater lake, Ambae volcano, Vanuatu, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 188(4), 347-357, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.09.018.
    • Bani, P., C. Oppenheimer, V.I. Tsanev, S.A. Carn, S.J. Cronin, R. Crimp, J.A. Calkins, D. Charley, M. Lardy, and T.R. Roberts (2009), Surge in sulfur and halogen degassing from Ambrym volcano, Vanuatu, Bull. Volcanol., 71(10), 1159-1168, doi:10.1007/s00445-009-0293-7.
    • Martinsson, B.G., C.A.M. Brenninkmeijer, S.A. Carn, M. Hermann, K.-P. Heue, P.F.J. van Velthoven, and A. Zahn (2009), Influence of the 2008 Kasatochi volcanic eruption on sulfurous and carbonaceous aerosol constituents in the lower stratosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L12813, doi:10.1029/2009GL038735.
    • Kearney, C., I.M. Watson, G.J.S. Bluth, S.A. Carn, and V. Realmuto (2009), A Comparison of Thermal Infrared and Ultraviolet Retrievals of SO2 in the Cloud Produced by the 2003 Al-Mishraq State Sulfur Plant Fire, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L10807, doi:10.1029/2009GL038215.
    • Carn, S. A., Arlin J. Krueger, Nickolay A. Krotkov, Kai Yang, and Keith Evans (2009), Tracking volcanic sulfur dioxide clouds for aviation hazard mitigation, Nat. Hazards, doi:10.1007/s11069-008-9228-4. PDF
    • Yang, K., N. A. Krotkov, A. J. Krueger, S. A. Carn, P. K. Bhartia, and P. F. Levelt (2009), Improving retrieval of volcanic sulfur dioxide from backscattered UV satellite observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L03102, doi:10.1029/2008GL036036. PDF
  • 2008
    • Carn, S. A., A. J. Prata, and S. Karlsdóttir (2008), Circumpolar transport of a volcanic cloud from Hekla (Iceland), J. Geophys. Res., 113, D14311, doi:10.1029/2008JD009878. PDF
    • Bluth, G.J.S., and S.A. Carn, 2008: Exceptional sulphur degassing from Nyamuragira volcano, 1979-2005, Int. J. Remote Sensing, 29(22), 6667-6685, doi:10.1080/01431160802168434.
    • Carn, S.A., A.J. Krueger, N.A. Krotkov, S. Arellano, and K. Yang, Daily monitoring of Ecuadorian volcanic degassing from space, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., Vol. 176, Issue 1, 141-150, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.01.029.
    • Arlin Krueger, Nicolay Krotkov, and Simon Carn, El Chichón: The genesis of volcanic sulfur dioxide monitoring from space, J.Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Vol. 175, Issue 4, 408-414 doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.02.026. PDF
    • Schaefer, S. J., (2008), Navigation Aspects of Airborne COSPEC Determinations of Volcanic Suphur Dioxide Flux, in The COSPEC Cookbook: Making SO2 Gas Measurements at Active Volcanoes, IVCEI Methods in Volcanology 1, Ed. by G. Williams-Jones, J. Stix, and C. Hickson, IAVCEI, May 2008.
    • Nickolay A. Krotkov, Brittnay McClure, Russell R. Dickerson, Simon A. Carn, Can Li, Pawan K. Bhartia, Kai Yang, Arlin J. Krueger, Zhanqing Li, Pieternel F. Levelt, Hongbin Chen, Pucai Wang, and Daren Lu (2008), Validation of SO2 retrievals from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) over NE China, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D16S40, doi:10.1029/2007JD008818. PDF
    • Sawyer, G.M., S.A. Carn, C. Oppenheimer, V.I. Tsanez, M. Burton (2007). Investigation into magma degassing at Nyiragongo volcano, Democratic Republic of Congo. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 9, Q02017, doi:10.1029/2007GC001829.
  • 2007
    • Dickerson, R.R., C. Li, Z. Li, L.T. Marufu, J.W. Stehr, B. McClure, N. Krotkov, H. Chen, P. Wang, X. Xia, X. Ban, F. Gong, J. Yuan, and J. Yang (2007), Aircraft observations of dust and pollutants over NE China: Insight into meteorological mechanisms of long-range transport, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D24S90, doi:10.1029/2007JD008999. PDF
    • Prata, A.J., S.A. Carn, A. Stohl, and J. Kerkmann (2007). Long range transport and fate of a stratospheric volcanic cloud from Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 5093-5103. PDF
    • Carn, S.A., N.A. Krotkov, K. Yang, R.M. Hoff, A.J. Prata, A.J. Krueger, S.C. Loughlin, and P.F. Levelt (2007). Extended observations of volcanic SO2 and sulfate aerosol in the stratosphere, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 7, 2857-2871. PDF
    • Yang, K., N. A. Krotkov, A. J. Krueger, S. A. Carn, P. K. Bhartia, and P. F. Levelt (2007), Retrieval of large volcanic SO2 columns from the Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument: Comparison and limitations, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D24S43, doi:10.1029/2007JD008825. PDF
    • Carn, S. A., A. J. Krueger, N. A. Krotkov, K. Yang, and P. F. Levelt (2007), Sulfur dioxide emissions from Peruvian copper smelters detected by the Ozone Monitoring Instrument, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L09801, doi:10.1029/2006GL029020. PDF
  • 2006
    • Krotkov, N. A., Carn, S. A., Krueger, A. J., Bhartia, P. K., Yang, K., 2006: Band residual difference algorithm for retrieval of SO2 from the Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI), IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, AURA Special Issue, 44(5), 1259-1266, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2005.861932. PDF
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Conference Publications

(Peer-reviewed Pubs)

  • 2009
    • Carn, S.A., J.S. Pallister, L. Lara, J.W. Ewert, S. Watt, A.J. Prata, R.J. Thomas, and G. Villarosa (2009), The unexpected awakening of Chaitán volcano, Chile, EOS Trans. AGU, 90(24), 205-206. [Electronic supplement] [NASA Earth Science Research feature]
  • 2008
  • 2007
    • P.K. Bhartia, J. Gleason, O.Torres, N.Krotkov, X.Liu, J. Ziemke, S. Chandra, P.Levelt, Air Quality Research and applications using Aura OMI data, 2007 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, December 2007
    • S. Carn, N. Krotkov, M. Schoeberl, P. Wennberg, J. Dibb, B. Anderson, G. Diskin, G. Sachse, S. Vay, K. Yang, A. Krueger, S. Arellano, Direct sampling of tropospheric volcanic plumes in Ecuador and Colombia during TC4 Oral presentation, Aura meeting, Pasadena, CA, October 3, 2007
    • Krotkov N., S. Carn, A. Krueger, K. Yang, P.K. Bhartia, M. Schoeberl, P. Levelt, What have we learned about global SO2 sources from OMI data?, Poster presentation, Aura meeting, Pasadena, CA, October 3, 2007
    • Krotkov N., R. Dickerson, P.K. Bhartia, K. Yang, S. Carn, A. Krueger, SO2 pollution over China, Oral presentation, Aura meeting, Pasadena, CA, October 3, 2007
    • Krotkov N., A. Krueger, K. Yang, S. Carn, P.K. Bhartia, K. Evans, OMI SO2 product status and overlook, OMI ST meeting, UMBC, Baltimore, June 5-8, 2007
    • Carn, S., N. Krotkov., A. Krueger, and K. Yang, A survey of volcanic degassing in the Americas since 2004, AGU Joint Assembly 2007, May 21-25 , 2007
    • Krueger, A., 25 years from El Chichón eruption, AGU Joint Assembly 2007, May 21-25 , 2007
    • Carn, S., A. Krueger, S. Arellano, M. Segovia, L. Troncoso, N. Krotkov and K. Yang, Daily monitoring of Equadorian Volcanic degassing from Space, AGU Joint Assembly 2007, May 21-25 , 2007
    • Krotkov, N., A. Krueger, K. Yang, S. Carn, P.K. Bhartia, and P. Levelt, SO2 Data from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI), Proceedings of the ENVISAT Symposium, 2007, 23-27 April 2007, Montreux, Switzerland (July 2007), H. Lacoste & L. Ouwehand (Eds.), ESA SP-636 //CD (2 volumes).
    • Carn, S., N. Krotkov, A. Krueger, R. Hoff, K. Yang, and F. Prata., New Insights into Volcanic Degassing from OMI and the A-Train, Proceedings of the ENVISAT Symposium, 2007, April 23-27, 2007, Montreux, Switzerland (July 2007), H. Lacoste & L. Ouwehand (Eds.), ESA //CD (2 volumes).
    • Carn,S., N. Krotkov, K. Yang, A. Krueger, F. Prata, R. Hoff., Advances in the detection and tracking of volcanic clouds from space, WMO Fourth International Workshop on Volcanic Ash, Rotorua, NZ, 26-30 March 2007.
  • 2006
    • N. A. Krotkov, P. K. Bhartia, K. Yang, S. Carn, A. Krueger, R. R. Dickerson, J. C. Hains, C. Li, Z. Li, L. T. Marufu, J. W. Stehr and P. Levelt, SO2 over China detected with OMI, Fall AGU, A16, December 11-15, 2006
    • S.A. Carn, N.A. Krotkov, A.J. Krueger, K. Yang, The first daily measurements of passive volcanic degassing from space, Fall AGU, V32, December 11-15, 2006
    • Kai Yang, Nickolay Krotkov, Simon Carn, Arlin Krueger, Pieternel Levelt, Fast Algorithm for Retrieval of Volcanic Sulfur Dioxide With OMI, Fall AGU, V32, December 11-15, 2006
    • Krueger, A. J., Krotkov, N. A., Carn, S. A., Yang, K., Levelt, P., Serafino, G., Stephens, G., Guffanti, M., Schneider, D., Hufford, G., and Kessinger, C., NASA research satellite data for volcanic aviation hazards, SACS Aviation Hazard Meeting, Brussels, October 3, 2006
    • S. A. Carn, N. A. Krotkov, A. J. Krueger, K. Yang, A. J. Prata, New insights into volcanic degassing from OMI and the A-Train, AURA ST meeting, PLENARY SESSION, September 11-15, 2006
    • N. A. Krotkov, P. K. Bhartia, K. Yang, S. Carn, A. Krueger, SO2 detection with OMI, OMI ST meeting, SO2 working Group, De Bilt, Netherlands, June 19-22, 2006
    • Krotkov, N.A., Simon A. Carn, Arlin J. Krueger, P. K. Bhartia and Kai Yang, OMI Measurements of Volcanic and Anthropogenic SO2, EGU meeting, Vienna, April 3-6 2006
    • Krueger, A. J., Nick Krotkov, Simon A. Carn, Steve Schaefer, George Serafino, and George Stephens, Near real-time EOS satellite volcanic cloud data for aviation hazards, European Geophysical Union Meeting, Vienna, Austria, April 3-6, 2006
    • S.A. Carn, N.A. Krotkov and A.J. Krueger With contributions from T.P Kurosu, Monitoring Global Volcanic Degassing with the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI), presentation at Cities on Volcanoes 4 meeting in Quito, Ecuador, February 2006
  • 2005
    • N. Krotkov, S. Carn, A. Krueger, P. K. Bhartia, K. Yang, Band Residual Difference algorithm for retrieval of SO2 from the AURA OMI, Aura Science Team Meeting on Atmospheric Constituents with Participation from ENVISAT, GOME, and ACE, Hague, Netherlands,November 8-10, 2005
    • N. Krotkov, S. Carn, A. Krueger, P. K. Bhartia, K. Yang, 1st Year of SO2 data from OMI, First Year of AURA/OMI observations meeting at FMI, Helsinki, Finland, November 2-4, 2005
    • N. Krotkov, A. Krueger, S. Carn, R. Dickerson, J. Stehr, J. Hains, L. Marufu, C. Li and Z. Li, Validating AURA OMI tropospheric SO2 data with aircraft in-situ measurements, AURA validation meeting, Lanham, MD September, 21-25, 2005
    • Simon A. Carn, Nick Krotkov, Arlin J. Krueger, Kai Yang, First OMI Measurements of Volcanic and Anthropogenic SO2, EOS AURA Scince Team meeting, Monterei, California, Feb. 2005
  • 2004
    • K. Yang, N. Krotkov, S. Carn, A. Krueger, P. K. Bhartia, First look at the SO2 index calculated from OMI observations, Fall AGU, Presentation Type: Poster: at the 2004 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA , 2004
  • 1991
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