Atmospheric sulfur dioxide measurements during the 2005 and 2007 eruptions of the Piton de La Fournaise volcano: Implications for human health and environmental changes

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 184, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 208-224

  Bhugwant, Chatrapatty ^a   Siéja, Bruno ^a   Bessafi, Miloud ^b   Staudacher, Thomas ^c   Ecormier, Jacques ^d  

^a Technopôle de La Réunion Bâtiment Rodrigues   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

air pollution; atmospheric chemistry; sulfur dioxide; transport; tremor; troposphere; volcanic eruption

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE VOLCANO; AIR SAMPLES; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; ATMOSPHERIC TRACER; BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; COASTAL LOCATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HUMAN HEALTH; INDIAN OCEAN; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE EMISSIONS; PASSIVE DIFFUSIONS; PITON DE LA FOURNAISE VOLCANO; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGIONAL SCALE; RURAL LOCATIONS; TRANSPORT; TREMOR; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; VOLCANIC ORIGIN; VOLCANIC PLUME;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGASSING; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; HEALTH; LANTHANUM; LOCATION; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TROPOSPHERE;

VOLCANOES;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DEGASSING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TROPOSPHERE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; PITON DE LA FOURNAISE; REUNION;

EID: 66349083967     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.04.012     Document Type: Article

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