Evaluating long-range volcanic ash hazard using supercomputing facilities: Application to Somma-Vesuvius (Italy), and consequences for civil aviation over the Central Mediterranean Area

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1039-1059

  Folch, A ^a   Sulpizio, R ^b  

^a BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^b CIRISIVU   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerial navigation safety; Ash fallout; Hazard maps; Somma Vesuvius; Supercomputer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSION; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FALLOUT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MAPPING; NAVIGATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAFETY; TEPHRA; VISIBILITY; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANOLOGY;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; VESUVIUS;

EID: 78149496979     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-010-0386-3     Document Type: Article

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