A study of the arrival over the United Kingdom in April 2010 of the Eyjafjallajökull ash cloud using ground-based lidar and numerical simulations

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 152-164

  Devenish, B J ^a   Thomson, D J ^a   Marenco, F ^a   Leadbetter, S J ^a   Ricketts, H ^b   Dacre, H F ^c  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dispersion; Lidar; Volcanic ash

Indexed keywords

ASH CLOUDS; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; DISPERSION MODELS; ENGLAND; FREE TROPOSPHERE; GROUND BASED; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; MASS EMISSIONS; MODELLING ENVIRONMENT; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; SOURCE PROFILES; TURBULENT DIFFUSION; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLCANIC ASH;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERICS; DISPERSIONS; OPTICAL RADAR; VOLCANOES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LIDAR; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC CLOUD; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARTICLE; ASH; CLOUD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENT FLOW; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLCANO;

EYJAFJALLAJOKULL; ICELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84855929844     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.06.033     Document Type: Article

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