Separation of ash and sulfur dioxide during the 2011 Grímsvötn eruption

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 7477-7501

  Moxnes, E D ^a   Kristiansen, N I ^a   Stohl, A ^a   Clarisse, L ^b   Durant, A ^a,c   Weber, K ^d   Vogel, A ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

inverse modeling; satellite observations; transport modeling; volcanic emissions

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; SEPARATION; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLCANOES;

AEROSOL MASS CONCENTRATION; AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENT; INFRARED ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING INTERFEROMETERS; INVERSE MODELING; PARTICLE DISPERSION MODEL; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; TRANSPORT MODELING; VOLCANIC EMISSION;

SOURCE SEPARATION;

EID: 84904719277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD021129     Document Type: Article

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