Balloon-borne measurement of the aerosol size distribution from an Icelandic flood basalt eruption

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: Vignelles, D., Roberts, T. J., Carboni, E., Ilyinskaya, E., Pfeffer, M., Waldhauserova, P. D., Schmidt, A., Berthet, G., Jegou, F., Renard, J. B., Olafsson, H., Bergsson, B., Yeo, R., Reynisson, N. F., Grainger, R. G., Galle, Bo, Conde Jacobo, Alexander Vladimir, Arellano, Santiago, Lurton, T., Coute, B., Duverger, V.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Geophysical Engineering; Geochemistry; aerosol counter; volcano plume; in-situ measurement; balloon; Iceland; Holuhraun
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.08.027; https://research.chalmers.se/en/publication/243683

We present in situ balloon-borne measurements of aerosols in a volcanic plume made during the Holuhraun eruption (Iceland) in January 2015. The balloon flight intercepted a young plume at 8 km distance downwind from the crater, where the plume is 15 min of age. The balloon carried a novel miniature...