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Measurement Definition*: The location of a volcanic ash cloud. [Unit of measurement – Lat/Long]

Instrument	Status/ Accuracy	Instrument Description	Measurement Technology	Timeline
ABI Advanced Baseline Imager	Operational	Detects clouds, cloud properties, water vapour, land and sea surface temperatures, dust, aerosols, volcanic ash, fires, total ozone, snow and ice cover, vegetation index.	n/a
Advanced MI Advanced Meteorological Imager	Operational	Continuous monitoring capability for the near real-time generation of high-resolution meteorological products and long-term change analysis of sea surface temperature and cloud coverage.	n/a
AHI Advanced Himawari Imager	Operational	Measures cloud cover, cloud motion, cloud height, cloud properties, water vapour, rainfalll, sea surface temperatures and Earth radiation, dust, aerosols, volcanic ash, fires, snow and ice cover.	n/a
AVHRR/3 Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer/3	Operational	Measurements of land and sea surface temperature, cloud cover, snow and ice cover, soil moisture and vegetation indices. Data also used for volcanic eruption monitoring.	n/a
HYC HYperspectral Camera	Operational	Hyperspectral data for complex land ecosystem studies.	n/a
OLCI Ocean and Land Colour Imager	Operational	Marine and land services.	n/a
FCI Flexible Combined Imager	Being developed	Measurements of cloud cover, cloud top height, precipitation, cloud motion, vegetation, radiation fluxes, convection, air mass analysis, cirrus cloud discrimination, tropopause monitoring, stability monitoring, total ozone and sea surface temperature.	n/a
GEOXO Imager GEO Extended Operations Imager	Being developed		n/a
HSI Hyperspectral Imager	Approved	Detailed monitoring and characterization of rock and soil targets, vegetation, inland and coastal waters on a global scale.	n/a

* Description adapted from WMO.