Inside volcanic clouds: Remote sensing of ash plumes using microwave weather radars

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1567-1586

  Marzano, Frank S ^a,b   Picciotti, Errico ^b   Montopoli, Mario ^b,c   Vulpiani, Gianfranco ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d DIPARTIMENTO DELLA PROTEZIONE CIVILE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE; DIRECT INTERACTIONS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL INFORMATION; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

REMOTE SENSING; VOLCANOES;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

EID: 84887062610     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00160.1     Document Type: Article

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