Interaction between volcanic plumes and wind during the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption, Iceland

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 92-109

  Woodhouse, M J ^a   Hogg, A J ^a   Phillips, J C ^a   Sparks, R S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eyjafjallaj kull; source mass flux; volcanic plumes; wind

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; MASS TRANSPORT; PLUME; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WIND FIELD; WIND SHEAR; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC CLOUD; VOLCANOLOGY; WIND DIRECTION;

EYJAFJALLAJOKULL; ICELAND;

EID: 84875776648     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009592     Document Type: Article

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