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Authors: Tadini, Alessandro* 
Roche, Olivier* 
Samaniego, P.* 
Guillin, Arnaud* 
Azzaoui, Nourddine* 
Gouhier, M.* 
de' Michieli Vitturi, Mattia* 
Pardini, Federica* 
Eychenne, Julia* 
Bernard, B.* 
Hidalgo, S.* 
Le Pennec, J. L.* 
Title: Quantifying the Uncertainty of a Coupled Plume and Tephra Dispersal Model: PLUME‐MOM/HYSPLIT Simulations Applied to Andean Volcanoes
Journal: Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth 
Series/Report no.: /125
Publisher: Wiley Agu
Issue Date: 2020
DOI: 10.1029/2019JB018390
Keywords: Tephra deposit
Subject Classification04.08. Volcanology 
Abstract: Numerical modeling of tephra dispersal and deposition is essential for evaluation of volcanic hazards. Many models consider reasonable physical approximations in order to reduce computational times, but this may introduce a certain degree of uncertainty in the simulation outputs. The important step of uncertainty quantification is dealt in this paper with respect to a coupled version of a plume model (PLUME‐MoM) and a tephra dispersal model (HYSPLIT). The performances of this model are evaluated through simulations of four past eruptions of different magnitudes and styles from three Andean volcanoes, and the uncertainty is quantified by evaluating the differences between modeled and observed data of plume height (at different time steps above the vent) as well as mass loading and grain size at given stratigraphic sections. Different meteorological data sets were also tested and had a sensible influence on the model outputs. Other results highlight that the model tends to underestimate plume heights while overestimating mass loading values, especially for higher‐magnitude eruptions. Moreover, the advective part of HYSPLIT seems to work more efficiently than the diffusive part. Finally, though the coupled PLUME‐MoM/HYSPLIT model generally is less efficient in reproducing deposit grain sizes, we propose that it may be used for hazard map production for higher‐magnitude eruptions (sub‐Plinian or Plinian) for what concern mass loading.
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