On the visibility of airborne volcanic ash and mineral dust from the pilot’s perspective in flight

• Published in: Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C
• Main Authors: Weinzierl, Bernadett, Sauer, Daniel, Minikin, Andreas, Reitebuch, Oliver, Dahlkötter, Florian, Mayer, Bernhard, Emde, Claudia, Tegen, Ina, Gasteiger, Josef, Petzold, Andreas, Veira, Andreas, Kueppers, Ulrich, Schumann, Ulrich
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2012
• Subjects: Lidar; Atmosphärische Spurenstoffe; Aitken; Iceland
• Online Access: https://elib.dlr.de/76355/; https://elib.dlr.de/76355/1/Weinzierl.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2012.04.003

In April 2010, volcanic ash from the Eyjafjalla volcano in Iceland strongly impacted aviation in Europe. In order to prevent a similar scenario in the future, a threshold value for safe aviation based on actual mass concentrations was introduced (2 mg m3 in Germany). This study contrasts microphysic...