Computation of probabilistic hazard maps and source parameter estimation for volcanic ash transport and dispersion

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 271, Issue , 2014, Pages 39-59

  Madankan, R ^a   Pouget, S ^b   Singla, P ^a   Bursik, M ^b   Dehn, J ^c   Jones, M ^b   Patra, A ^a   Pavolonis, M ^d   Pitman, E B ^b   Singh, T ^a   Webley, P ^d  

^a State University of New York   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Hazard map; Inverse problem; Minimum variance estimator; Polynomial chaos; Source parameter estimation

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; DISPERSIONS; FORECASTING; HAZARDS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLCANOES;

ASH PLUMES; CONDITION; HAZARD MAP; MINIMUM VARIANCE ESTIMATOR; PARAMETERS ESTIMATION; POLYNOMIAL CHAOS; SOURCE PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOURCE PARAMETERS; UNCERTAINTY; UNSCENTED TRANSFORM;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

EID: 84901267586     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2013.11.032     Document Type: Article

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