Measurement and simulation of the 16/17 April 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcanic ash layer dispersion in the northern Alpine region

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2689-2701

  Emeis, S ^a   Forkel, R ^a   Junkermann, W ^a   Schafer K ^a   Flentje, H ^b   Gilge, S ^b   Fricke, W ^b   Wiegner, M ^c   Freudenthaler, V ^c   Gro, S ^c   Ries, L ^d   Meinhardt, F ^d   Birmili, W ^e   Munkel C ^f   Obleitner, F ^g   Suppan, P ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UBA Federal Environmental Agency   (Germany)

^e Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Reseach   (Germany)

^f VAISALA OYJ   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; LIDAR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; TROPOSPHERE; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANO;

ALPS; EYJAFJALLAJOKULL; GERMANY; ICELAND;

EID: 79952959316     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-2689-2011     Document Type: Article

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