An automatic procedure to forecast tephra fallout

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 767-777

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

^a OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

^b CINECA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forecast; Models; Volcanic fallout

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; FALLOUT; FORECASTING; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; VOLCANOES;

AUTOMATIC PROCEDURES; BUOYANT PLUMES; CIVIL AUTHORITIES; CONCENTRATION THRESHOLDS; DATA FLOWS; DEPOSIT THICKNESSES; DIAGNOSTIC MODELS; ERUPTION RATES; EULERIAN MODELS; FILE FORMATS; FLIGHT SAFETIES; GRANULOMETRY; GROUND LOADS; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; PARALLEL IMPLEMENTATIONS; POST PROCESSES; SOURCE CODES; SURROUNDING AREAS; TIME INTERVALS; VOLCANIC FALLOUT; WIND FIELDS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AUTOMATION; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; TEPHRA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLCANOLOGY; WIND FIELD;

EID: 55549092048     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.01.046     Document Type: Article

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