Three dimensional transport speed of wind-drifted ash plumes using ground-based radar

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Donnadieu, Franck ^a,b,c   Valade, Sébastien ^a,b,c   Moune, Séverine ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VOLCANOES;

ASH CLOUDS; ASH EMISSIONS; ASH PLUMES; COSTA RICA; EMISSION SOURCES; ERUPTIVE ACTIVITY; GROUND BASED; GROUND BASED RADAR; LATERAL TRANSPORT; PLUME MODEL; RADAR BEAM; RADAR ECHOES; REMOTE MEASUREMENT; TEPHRA DISPERSAL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL VECTORS; TRANSPORT SPEED; TRANSPORT VELOCITY; VOLCANIC GAS; VOLCANO MONITORING;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ADVECTION; AMPLITUDE; ASH; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; AZIMUTH; BUOYANCY; DOPPLER RADAR; ECHO SOUNDER; GAS FLOW; GEOMETRY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MOMENTUM; TEPHRA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC GAS; WIND VELOCITY;

ALAJUELA; ARENAL VOLCANO; COSTA RICA;

EID: 80053221662     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049001     Document Type: Article

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