RGB HRV from MSG/SEVIRI
The high temporal sampling of geostationary satellites maximizes the probability of early detection of the smoke plume. The HRV RGB has HRV as the red and green components and IR10.8 as the blue one, and provides high resolution information of the smoke plume. On 21 August the smoke plumes became visible around 15:30 UTC (Loop 1). At this time the wind was blowing from the west and the smoke plume, although observable, was not easily distinguishable against the land surface.
| Loop 1: HRV RGB from MSG/SEVIRI on 21 August 2013 from 15:00 UTC to 18:00 UTC, smoke plume visible from 15:30 UTC on |