Date:         Fri, 23 Sep 1994 16:55:29 MST
Reply-To: VOLCANO 
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From: "Ian E. Sprod" 
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Status: OR

METEOR-3 TOMS OBSERVATIONS OF RABAUL ERUPTION PLUME

Meteor-3 TOMS overflew the eruption plume from Rabaul, New Britain
at 4:30am GMT on September 23, 1994. Preliminary results show SO2 column
amounts up to a maximum of ~40 matm-cm in the vicinity of the volcano.
The estimated size of the SO2 plume is at least 40,000km^2. SO2 mass in
the plume estimated at 35,000 tonnes +/- 50%.

Ian E. Sprod
Hughes STX, Corp.                       Phone : (301) 286-8036
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center        Fax   : (301) 286-1616
Greenbelt, MD 20771                     ian@skye.gsfc.nasa.gov