A three-dimensional Eulerian model for transport and deposition of volcanic ashes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 241, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 634-647

  Costa, A ^a,c   Macedonio, G ^a   Folch, A ^b  

^a OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advection diffusion sedimentation equation; Computational model; Gradient transport theory; Particle dispersion; Plume equations; Volcanic ash transport

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION-SEDIMENTATION EQUATION; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; GRADIENT TRANSPORT THEORY; PARTICLE DISPERSION; PLUME EQUATIONS; VOLCANIC ASH TRANSPORT;

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPLOSIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VOLCANOES; WIND EFFECTS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DEPOSITION; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ASH;

EID: 30744461871     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.11.019     Document Type: Article

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