Resources

Images and data on aerosol index
http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/aerosols/aerosols.html

Additional resources about the effects of dust storms from Africa using SeaWiFS data.
http://capita.wustl.edu/Databases/UserDomains/SaharaDust2000/

USGS source for information on airborne volcanic hazards
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Hazards/What/Tephra/tephra.html

USGS information on volcanic ash and aircraft.
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Hazards/Effects/Ash+Aircraft.html

USGS fact sheet on the interaction of airplanes and ash. In .pdf format
http://www.avo.alaska.edu/genrl_info/pdfs/usgsfs030_97_ash.pdf

Volcanic Ash Clouds and Aircraft Safety
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/department/classes/ge404/gcmayber/

Narrative of an aircraft encounter with an ash cloud from Redoubt.
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/department/classes/ge404/gcmayber/historic.html

Images:

pg5_redoubt.jpg

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