Upcoming Spacecraft Will Help Track Volcanic Ash

Credit: NASA Goddard Modis Rapid Response Team, Jesse Allen/NASA Calipso Project, Chip Trepte
Upgrades to NASA’s Earth-observation satellite constellation urged in the 2007 decadal survey for the field should dramatically improve the ability to track volcanic ash from space. In the wake of the disruptions to air traffic from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland this spring, the...

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