Simulating atmospheric transport of the 2011 Grímsvötn ash cloud using a data insertion update scheme

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 141, Issue , 2016, Pages 48-59

  Wilkins, K L ^a   Western, L M ^a   Watson, I M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UCAR   (United States)

Author keywords

Data insertion; Dispersion modelling; Gr msv tn ash cloud; Satellite retrievals

Indexed keywords

SATELLITES;

ASH CLOUDS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; DATA INSERTION; DISPERSION MODELLING; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL; VOLCANIC ASH DISPERSIONS; VOLCANIC ASH TRANSPORTS;

VOLCANOES;

ALGORITHM; ASH FLOW; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLEAR SKY; CLOUD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA ACQUISITION; DEPTH; LIDAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SIMULATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ASH;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLOUD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; VOLCANIC ASH;

STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

EID: 84975489612     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.06.045     Document Type: Article

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