2012-11-01

Sand / ash storm and very high values of PM10 at Raufarfell

Very high levels of PM10 are now recorded at Raufarfell.

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Location of Raufarfell.

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The concentration of PM10 reached over 900 µg/m3 today, 1 November 2012 (data from VISTA).

Wind-speed has been very high, at Kvísker for instance (see vedur.is for location of station SE-Iceland).

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And satellite image from 13:40 today shows that sand and ash is blowing up and out to the ocean from all of the south part of Iceland (MODIS NASA/Rapidfire).

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