Sensitivity analysis and uncertainty estimation for tephra dispersal models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Scollo, Simona ^a   Tarantola, Stefano ^b   Bonadonna, Costanza ^c   Coltelli, Mauro ^a   Saltelli, Andrea ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; DISPERSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROTHERMAL PLUME; MODEL VALIDATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLINIAN ERUPTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEPHRA; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

AUSTRALASIA; CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MOUNT RUAPEHU; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

PLINIA;

EID: 50649091115     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB004864     Document Type: Article

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