Category Archives: Dust storms

Dust storm 3 May 2016

Posted on 2016/05/03 by Throstur Th.

Sunny and windy in the south today, and dust blowing in the area near Eldhraun and also Meðallandssandur. Fairly strong winds, 11 m/s average wind speed and gusts of 19 m/s at Kirkjubæjarklaustur (Figure 1). Figure 1. Weather observations at … Continue reading →

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Dust storm – lots of clouds–on 28 April 2016

Posted on 2016/04/29 by Throstur Th.

Despite cloud cover, it is possible to detect some dust blowing out to sea from the area east of Mýrdalsjökull. It is likely that this is the Eldhraun area that was flooded in jökulhlaup in Skaftá in October 2015. In … Continue reading →

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Dust storms on 18 April 2016

Posted on 2016/04/19 by Throstur Th.

Strong northerly winds made for prime conditions for dust storms on the south coast of Iceland on 18 April 2016. Weather conditions at noon on the 18 April 2016 (courtesy of IMO web page). Below are MODIS images from 12:05 … Continue reading →

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Dust blowing in SE-Iceland

Posted on 2015/11/20 by Throstur Th.

Dry weather and strong winds are causing sediment from glacier rivers to blow in the SE of Iceland 19 and 20 November 2015. There was a recent jökulhlaup from Skaftárkatlar (material blown in the center of the images below). Wind … Continue reading →

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Dust storm north of Vatnajökull 17 October 2015

Posted on 2015/10/19 by Throstur Th.

Large dust storm from just north of Dyngjujökull, outlet glacier of Vatnajökull, Iceland. Good weather conditions (for dust storm), windy, dry and sunny. Gusts over 20 m/s, and 10 min wind around 15 m/s. Data from Upptyppingar, IMO weather station. … Continue reading →

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Dust storm(s) 26 and 28 April 2015

Posted on 2015/05/01 by Throstur Th.

Sunny and dry in the south these days, and a bit windy at times. Prime conditions for dust storms. On 26 April 2015 there were several source areas. On 28 April 2015 there were several source areas visible also, from … Continue reading →

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New article: “Emergency Hospital Visits in Association with Volcanic Ash, Dust Storms and Other Sources of Ambient Particles: A Time-Series Study in Reykjavík, Iceland.”

Posted on 2015/04/13 by Throstur Th.

New article in Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 12(4): 4047 – 4059. (Paper on publisher web site) Emergency Hospital Visits in Association with Volcanic Ash, Dust Storms and Other Sources of Ambient Particles: A Time-Series Study in Reykjavík, Iceland.

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Dust storm 12 Nov

Posted on 2013/11/13 by Throstur Th.

Image courtesy of NASA/Rapidfire, obtained via IMO. Satellite image from 13:10 on 12 November.

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Small dust storm visible from the SA of Iceland

Posted on 2013/11/08 by Throstur Th.

Small dust storm visible between the clouds in the SA of Iceland. Image courtesy of NASA/Rapidfire via IMO. Satellite image from 13:15 today, 8 November 2013.

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Particulate matter in Reykjavik and Hafnarfjörður on 1 Nov 2013

Posted on 2013/11/02 by Throstur Th.

Relatively high levels of particulate matter were measured in Reykjavik and Hafnarfjörður on 1 November 2013. The situation was unusually complicated, low wind, some dust storm seen and a burning ship in Hafnarfjörður. Let’s start with a satellite taken at … Continue reading →

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