The ash dispersion over Europe during the Eyjafjallajökull eruption - Comparison of CMAQ simulations to remote sensing and air-borne in-situ observations

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 184-194

  Matthias, Volker ^a   Aulinger, Armin ^a   Bieser, Johannes ^a   Cuesta, Juan ^b,c   Geyer, Beate ^a   Langmann, Bärbel ^e   Serikov, Ilya ^f   Mattis, Ina ^g   Minikin, Andreas ^h   Mona, Lucia ^d   Quante, Markus ^a   Schumann, Ulrich ^h   Weinzierl, Bernadett ^h  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^g LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^h GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ash concentration; Ash dispersion; Chemistry transport model; Lidar; Sun photometer; Volcanic eruption

Indexed keywords

AERONET; AEROSOL EXTINCTION; AEROSOL LAYERS; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; ASH DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT MODEL; CHEMISTRY TRANSPORT MODEL; COMMUNITY MULTI-SCALE AIR QUALITIES; EARLINET; EMISSION HEIGHT; EMISSION SCENARIO; EULERIAN; FALCON AIRCRAFT; FREE TROPOSPHERE; ICELANDS; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; LOWER AND UPPER BOUNDS; MODEL RESULTS; OPTICAL PARTICLE COUNTERS; SUN PHOTOMETER; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICAL RESOLUTION; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ASH CLOUDS; VOLCANIC EMISSION; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; DISPERSIONS; MODELS; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

VOLCANOES;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE SENSING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISPERSION; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LIDAR; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHOTOMETER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; TROPOSPHERE; VOLCANIC ASH;

EYJAFJALLAJOKULL; ICELAND;

FALCONIDAE;

EID: 84855938592     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.06.077     Document Type: Article

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