Infrared satellite observations of hydrogen sulfide in the volcanic plume of the August 2008 Kasatochi eruption

Details Infrared satellite observations of hydrogen sulfide in the volcanic plume of the August 2008 Kasatochi eruption Infrared satellite observations of hydrogen sulfide in the volcanic plume of the August 2008 Kasatochi eruption

May 2011

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Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 38, Issue 10, CiteID L10804

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Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) is one of the main trace gases released from volcanoes with yearly global emissions estimated between 1 and 37 Tg. With sulfur dioxide (SO2, 15-21 Tg/year), it dominates the volcanic sulfur budget, and the emission ratio H2S:SO2 is an important geochemical probe for studying source conditions, sulfur chemistry and magma-water interactions. Contrary to SO2, measurements of H2S are sparse and difficult. Here we report the first measurements of a large H2S plume from space. Observations were made with the infrared sounder IASI of the volcanic plume released after the 7-8 August 2008 eruption of Kasatochi volcano. The eruption was characterized by 5 consecutive explosive events. The first events were phreatomagmatic producing a plume rich in water vapor and poor in ash and SO2. We show that the observed H2S plume, calculated at 29 ± 10 kT with integrated columns exceeding 140 ± 25 Dobson Units (DU), is likely associated with these first explosions. H2S:SO2 ratios with maximum values of 12 ± 2 are found, representative of redox conditions in the hydrothermal envelop. With a detection threshold of 25 DU, future space observations of H2S plumes are certain. These will be important for improving the atmospheric sulfur budget and characterizing the H2S:SO2 fingerprint of different eruptions.

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