Volcanic ash forecast - Application to the May 2008 Chaitén eruption

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 927-940

  Folch, A ^a   Jorba, O ^a   Viramonte, J ^b  

^a BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FALLOUT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FORECASTING METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CHAITEN; CHILE; LOS LAGOS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 50949098934     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-8-927-2008     Document Type: Article

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