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dc.contributor.authorallScollo, S.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Catania, Catania, Italiaen
dc.contributor.authorallFolch, A.; Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain.en
dc.contributor.authorallColtelli, M.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Catania, Catania, Italiaen
dc.contributor.authorallRealmuto, V. J.; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.en
dc.date.accessioned2010-12-13T07:56:19Zen
dc.date.available2010-12-13T07:56:19Zen
dc.date.issued2010-05-21en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2122/6300en
dc.descriptionAccepted for publication in Journal of Geophysical Research. Copyright (2010) American Geophysical Union.en
dc.description.abstractThe three dimensional reconstruction of volcanic plumes is a central goal to enhance our understanding on dispersal processes. In this paper, we use data from the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) on board NASA’s Terra spacecraft combined with a stereo matching retrieval procedure. We show the potential of MISR in capturing important features of volcanic plumes like column height, optical depth, type and shape of the finest particles of two highly explosive eruptions occurring on Mt. Etna in 2001 and 2002. This work tests how tephra dispersal models reconstruct the 3D shape of volcanic clouds. We compare MISR data with FALL3D, an Eulerian model for the transport and deposition of volcanic ash and aerosols coupled with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) mesoscale meteorological model. Agreement between simulations and MISR data is good regarding both events, although it could be improved by increasing the accuracy of the meteorological data, a better constraint on volcanological input parameters like the height of the eruptive column and improving our understanding of processes such as aggregation phenomena and volcanic cloud microphysics.en
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.relation.ispartofJ. Geophys. Res.en
dc.relation.ispartofseries/115 (2010)en
dc.subjectvolcanic aerosol dispersal;en
dc.subject3D plume reconstruction;en
dc.title3D volcanic aerosol dispersal: a comparison between misr data and numerical simulationsen
dc.typearticleen
dc.description.statusPublisheden
dc.subject.INGV01. Atmosphere::01.01. Atmosphere::01.01.99. General or miscellaneousen
dc.description.obiettivoSpecifico3.6. Fisica del vulcanismoen
dc.description.journalTypeJCR Journalen
dc.description.fulltextopenen
dc.contributor.authorScollo, S.en
dc.contributor.authorFolch, A.en
dc.contributor.authorColtelli, M.en
dc.contributor.authorRealmuto, V. J.en
dc.contributor.departmentIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione OE, Catania, Italiaen
dc.contributor.departmentBarcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain.en
dc.contributor.departmentIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione OE, Catania, Italiaen
dc.contributor.departmentJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.en
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crisitem.author.deptIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione OE, Catania, Italia-
crisitem.author.deptBarcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain-
crisitem.author.deptIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione OE, Catania, Italia-
crisitem.author.deptJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.-
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crisitem.classification.parent01. Atmosphere-
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