Volcanic plumes and wind: Jetstream interaction examples and implications for air traffic

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 186, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 60-67

  Bursik, M I ^a   Kobs, S E ^a   Burns, A ^a   Braitseva, O A ^b   Bazanova, L I ^b   Melekestsev, I V ^b   Kurbatov, A ^c   Pieri, D C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF VOLCANOLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avachinsky; California; explosive eruption; Inyo Craters; Kamchatka; Kliuchevskoi; tephra; volcanic plume

Indexed keywords

AVACHINSKY; CALIFORNIA; EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION; INYO CRATERS; KAMCHATKA; KLIUCHEVSKOI; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC PLUME;

AIRCRAFT; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LOADING; TRAJECTORIES;

VOLCANOES;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; EDDY; GRAIN SIZE; JET STREAM; PLUME; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TEPHRA; TRACER; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

AVACHA VOLCANO; CALIFORNIA; EURASIA; KAMCHATKA; KLYUCHEVSKOI VOLCANO; NORTH AMERICA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69049117220     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.01.021     Document Type: Article

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