Ash generation and distribution from the April-May 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gudmundsson, Magnus T ^a   Thordarson, Thorvaldur ^b   Hoskuldsson, Armann ^a   Larsen, Gudrun ^a   Bjornsson, Halldor ^c   Prata, Fred J ^d   Oddsson, Bjorn ^a   Magnusson, Eyjolfur ^a   Hognadottir, Thords ^a   Petersen, Guorun Nna ^c   Hayward, Chris L ^b   Stevenson, John A ^b   Jonsdottir, Ingibjorg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; ICELAND; PARTICLE SIZE; TIME; VOLCANO;

EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; ICELAND; PARTICLE SIZE; TIME FACTORS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EID: 84866140606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00572     Document Type: Article

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