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And in the beginning...
NICARNICA is a highly specialized company developing UV and IR imaging technologies to identify SO2 and hazardous ash particles in the air.

The company's technology comes from over 20 years of work by Co-Founder Dr. Fred Prata in the area of volcano observation. The systems were developed for the detection and measurement of SO2 and volcanic ash. These technologies can be utilized as both ground based systems as well as airborne solutions for use on aircraft.


The technology has many other applications in areas of SO2 monitoring in the shipping industry to industrial and environmental monitoring applications. Click on Products and Services or Markets for more information. 
 
 
 
 
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Cooperation between Nicarnica/NILU and EasyJet

The solution named AVOID™ uses two Infra-Red cameras with frequency specific filters and proprietary algorithms which distinguish volcanic ash from water vapor. The cameras could be mounted in the tail of the aircraft and then attached to a processor with a final output relayed to the cockpit so pilots could be alerted to detected ash. It is estimated that when at altitude the system could detect ash at least 100 km in the distance thus giving the pilots 6-7 minutes warning to make adjustments to their flight path and relay the information to ground authorities.

 

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