Stratospheric volcanic ash emissions from the 13 February 2014 Kelut eruption

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 588-596

  Kristiansen, N I ^a   Prata, A J ^a,b   Stohl, A ^a   Carn, S A ^c,d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NICARNICA AVIATION AS   (Norway)

^c Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

aircraft encounter; inversion techniques; satellite observations; stratospheric; transport modeling; volcanic ash

Indexed keywords

INVERSE PROBLEMS; SATELLITES; VOLCANOES;

AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERS; INVERSION TECHNIQUES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; STRATOSPHERIC; TRANSPORT MODELING; VOLCANIC ASH;

AIRCRAFT;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; MOUNTAIN REGION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EAST JAVA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; JAVA; MOUNT KELUD; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 84923545209     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062307     Document Type: Article

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