Cloud warnings

CSIRO has developed a way of scanning infrared or heat signals given out by the clouds ahead of a plane. Using some clever programming, the invention can differentiate between weather clouds and volcanic ash clouds.



Download PDF (38.6 KB)


ECOS Magazine 2001 (Issue 108)

ECOS Archive

Welcome to the ECOS Archive site which brings together 40 years of sustainability articles from 1974-2014.

For more recent ECOS articles visit the blog. You can also sign up to the email alert or RSS feed