Impacts and responses of icelandic aviation to the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruption: Case study

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2214, 2011, Pages 144-151

  Ulfarsson, Gudmundur Freyr ^a   Unger, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AVIATION;

AIR TRAFFICS; CASE-STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; ICELANDICS; ICELANDS; SAFETY GUIDELINES; SAFETY STANDARD; STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

VOLCANOES;

EID: 80052317535     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2214-18     Document Type: Article

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