Eyjafjallajökull, Ash, and Eruption Impacts
The recent eruption at Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland has been producing a cloud of steam and volcanic ash that has been affecting air traffic. We will continue to update this page to provide links to information about the eruption, volcanic ash, and other related topics.
Eruption plume from Eyjafjallajökull seen on MODIS image taken on
April 15th at 11:39. Image from the Nordic Volcanological Center at the
Institute of Earth Sciences.
Links to Information about the Eruption
- The Nordic Volcanological Center at the Institute of Earth Sciences, Iceland (http://www2.norvol.hi.is/page/ies_Eyjafjallajökull_eruption), provides current information regarding the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull.
- The London Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC - http://metoffice.com/aviation/vaac/index.html) issues Volcanic Ash Advisories graphics (http://metoffice.com/aviation/vaac/vaacuk_vag.html) of airspace that might contain volcanic ash from the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull.
- The Icelandic Met Office provides daily status reports on the activity (http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/articles/nr/1884).
- The Icelandic Met Office provides frequently asked questions about the eruption (http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/articles/nr/1880).
Volcanic haze seen from the top of the Eiffel Tower on April 17, 2010.
Photo taken by USGS Volcano Hazards Program Coordinator, John
Eichelberger.
Links to Additional Information
- The Volcanic Ash website (http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/ash/index.html) contains information about what the ash is and guidance to communities affected by ash ash and aviation safety.
- Volcanic Ash--A "Hard Rain" of Abrasive Particles (http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs027-00/), USGS Fact Sheet FS-027-00
- USGS Volcano Alert Notification System (http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/activity/alertsystem/).
- The Alaska interagency operating plan for volcanic ash episodes (http://www.avo.alaska.edu/pdfs/cit3996_2008.pdf) details how State and Federal agencies, including the U.S. Geological Survey, the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Weather Service, and the Air Force Weather Agency, respond to eruptions affecting air travel in Alaska and along the North Pacific air routes between Asia and North America. Similar plans exist for the conterminous U.S. and for volcanic activity in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands north of Saipan and Guam.
