Simulation of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens using the ash-tracking model PUFF

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 355-366

  Fero, Julie ^a   Carey, Steven N ^a   Merrill, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

model; Mount St. Helens; PUFF; volcanic ash; volcanic plume

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); FALLOUT; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VOLCANOES;

ASH CLOUDS; ASH PARTICLES; ATMOSPHERIC REANALYSIS; BEST MATCH; COLUMN HEIGHT; DATA-SETS; EXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; INPUT PARAMETERS; INTEGRATED SIMULATIONS; LAGRANGIAN; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MODEL; MOUNT ST. HELENS; PREVAILING WINDS; PUFF; PUFF MODEL; RADAR DATA; SETTLING VELOCITIES; TWO PHASES; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC PLUME;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MODELING; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CASCADE RANGE; MOUNT SAINT HELENS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

PLINIA;

EID: 49049100875     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.03.029     Document Type: Article

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