The eruption was so powerful that it could be heard thousands of kilometres away. At the time, signals evaluated by ECMWF showed that the plume rose higher than 20...
On 11 September 2021, the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) Rapid Mapping was activated following the request of the Spanish General Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergencies...
50 years after its latest eruption, the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the island of La Palma, Canarias, Spain, entered into an eruptive episode on 19 September 2021...
The Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) was largely involved in monitoring this eruption event on behalf and at the request of the Spanish national and regional authorities.
Scientists from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS*) have been closely monitoring the impact of the eruption on atmospheric composition.
The Tropospheric Ozone Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) onboard the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite provides observations from which the atmospheric SO2 amount can be obtained at an unprecedented 3.5...