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Volcanic clouds pose a serious threat for both aircrafts and passengers because of ash, which may cause serious damages to the flight control systems and to jet engines. Starting from 2007, an automatic satellite monitoring system has been implemented at IMAA (Institute of Methodologies of Environmental Analysis) to identify and track volcanic ash plumes using NOAA-AVHRR data. This system is capable...
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