Volcanic ash cloud observation using ground-based ka-band radar and near-infrared lidar ceilometer during the Eyjafjallajökull eruption

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 57, Issue FastTrack2, 2014, Pages

  Marzano, Frank S ^a,b   Mereu, Luigi ^a,b   Montopoli, Mario ^a,b   Cimini, Domenico ^b,c   Martucci, Giovanni ^d,e  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^e FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; LIDAR; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC CLOUD; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EYJAFJALLAJOKULL; ICELAND;

EID: 84940851569     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4401/ag-6634     Document Type: Article

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