Atmospheric dispersion modelling at the London VAAC: A review of developments since the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcano ash cloud

FM Beckett, CS Witham, SJ Leadbetter, R Crocker… - Atmosphere, 2020 - mdpi.com
It has been 10 years since the ash cloud from the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull caused
unprecedented disruption to air traffic across Europe. During this event, the London Volcanic …

[HTML][HTML] The Independent Volcanic Eruption Source Parameter Archive (IVESPA, version 1.0): A new observational database to support explosive eruptive column …

TJ Aubry, S Engwell, C Bonadonna, G Carazzo… - Journal of Volcanology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Eruptive column models are powerful tools for investigating the transport of volcanic gas and
ash, reconstructing past explosive eruptions, and simulating future hazards. However, the …

Dynamics, monitoring, and forecasting of tephra in the atmosphere

F Pardini, S Barsotti, C Bonadonna… - Reviews of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Explosive volcanic eruptions inject hot mixtures of solid particles (tephra) and gasses into
the atmosphere. Entraining ambient air, these mixtures can form plumes rising tens of …

Mass eruption rates of tephra plumes during the 2011–2015 lava fountain paroxysms at Mt. Etna from Doppler radar retrievals

V Freret-Lorgeril, F Donnadieu, S Scollo… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Real-time estimation of eruptive source parameters during explosive volcanic eruptions is a
major challenge in terms of hazard evaluation and risk assessment as these inputs are …

Sediment waves and the gravitational stability of volcanic jets

JT Gilchrist, AM Jellinek - Bulletin of Volcanology, 2021 - Springer
It is increasingly recognized that the gravitational stability of explosive eruption columns is
governed by complex ash-pumice-gas (multiphase) interactions as well as the mechanics of …

A new radar‐based statistical model to quantify mass eruption rate of volcanic plumes

L Mereu, S Scollo, A Garcia, L Sandri… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate forecasting of volcanic particle (tephra) dispersal and fallout requires a reliable
estimation of key Eruption Source Parameters (ESPs) such as the Mass Eruption Rate (QM) …

Reaction rates control high-temperature chemistry of volcanic gases in air

T Roberts, G Dayma, C Oppenheimer - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
When volcanic gases enter the atmosphere, they encounter a drastically different chemical
and physical environment, triggering a range of rapid processes including photochemistry …

The impact of eruption source parameter uncertainties on ash dispersion forecasts during explosive volcanic eruptions

F Dioguardi, F Beckett, T Dürig… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Volcanic ash in the atmosphere is a hazard to aviation. To predict which areas of airspace
are most likely to be affected by the presence of ash, Volcanic Ash Advisory Centers …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling the size distribution of aggregated volcanic ash and implications for operational atmospheric dispersion modelling

F Beckett, E Rossi, B Devenish… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
We have developed an aggregation scheme for use with the Lagrangian atmospheric
transport and dispersion model NAME (Numerical Atmospheric Dispersion modelling …

Stokes settling and particle-laden plumes: implications for deep-sea mining and volcanic eruption plumes

N Mingotti, AW Woods - Philosophical Transactions of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Turbulent buoyant plumes moving through density stratified environments transport large
volumes of fluid vertically. Eventually, the fluid reaches its neutral buoyancy level at which it …