Validation of the FALL3D ash dispersion model using observations of the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcanic ash clouds

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 165-183

  Folch, A ^a   Costa, A ^b,c   Basart, S ^a  

^a BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

2010 Eyjafjallaj kull eruption; Model validation; Numerical model; Volcanic ash dispersion

Indexed keywords

AERONET NETWORK; AEROSOL LIDARS; AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENT; ASH CLOUDS; ASH DISPERSAL; ASH DISPERSION; CENTRAL EUROPE; CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY; DENSE NETWORK; EARLINET; ERUPTION RATES; FALCON AIRCRAFT; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FLIGHT MISSION; FLIGHT OPERATION; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GROUND BASED; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; ICELANDICS; IN-SITU; MASS CONCENTRATION; MITIGATION STRATEGY; MODEL RESULTS; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; QUANTITATIVE MODELS; SUN PHOTOMETERS; TRANSPORT MODELS; VERIFICATION RESULTS; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ASH CLOUDS; VOLCANIC CLOUDS;

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; DISPERSIONS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTOMETERS; PHOTOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING;

VOLCANOES;

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLOUD COVER; GRAIN SIZE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REMOTE SENSING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; AVIATION; CLOUD; EUROPE; PHOTOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; VOLCANIC ASH;

EYJAFJALLAJOKULL; ICELAND;

FALCONIDAE;

EID: 84855926338     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.06.072     Document Type: Article

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