Applications of the PUFF model to forecasts of volcanic clouds dispersal from Etna and Vesuvio

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1035-1049

  Daniele, P ^a   Lirer, L ^a   Petrosino, P ^a   Spinelli, N ^a   Peterson, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne ash forecast; Etna; Explosive eruptions; PUFF; Simulations; Vesuvio

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE ASH FORECAST; ETNA; EXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS; PUFF; SIMULATIONS; VESUVIO;

CLOUDS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

VOLCANOES;

FORECASTING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC CLOUD; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VESUVIUS;

PLINIA;

EID: 67349095675     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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