How assumed composition affects the interpretation of satellite observations of volcanic ash

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 20-29

  Mackie, Shona ^a   Millington, Sarah ^b   Watson, I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hazards; Modelling; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; INFRARED DETECTORS; MODELS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLCANOES;

ASH CONCENTRATIONS; CONSTRAINING MODELS; FORWARD MODELLING; PRECISE MONITORING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELLING; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA INTERPRETATION; FORECASTING METHOD; FORWARD MODELING; HOMOGENEITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE SENSOR; VOLCANIC ASH;

EID: 84892461570     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.1445     Document Type: Article

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