Inverting for volcanic SO2 flux at high temporal resolution using spaceborne plume imagery and chemistry-transport modelling: the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption case study

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 8569-8584

  Boichu, M ^a   Menut, L ^a   Khvorostyanov, D ^a   Clarisse, L ^b   Clerbaux, C ^b,c   Coheur, P F ^b  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; DATA ASSIMILATION; IASI; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SULFUR EMISSION; VOLCANIC CLOUD; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EYJAFJALLAJOKULL; ICELAND;

EID: 84879981106     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-8569-2013     Document Type: Article

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