Long-term hazard assessment of explosive eruptions at Jan Mayen Island (Norway) and implications on air-traffic in the North Atlantic
Volcanic eruptions are amongst the most jeopardizing natural events due to their potential impacts on life, assets, and environment. In particular, atmospheric dispersal of volcanic tephra and aerosols during the explosive eruptions poses a serious threat to life and has significant consequences for...
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ftingv:oai:www.earth-prints.org:2122/15249 2023-05-15T16:56:59+02:00 Long-term hazard assessment of explosive eruptions at Jan Mayen Island (Norway) and implications on air-traffic in the North Atlantic Titos, Manuel Martinez Montesinos, Beatriz Barsotti, Sara Sandri, Laura Folch, Arnau Mingari, Leonardo Macedonio, Giovanni Costa, Antonio #PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE# Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione Bologna, Bologna, Italia Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione OV, Napoli, Italia 2021 http://hdl.handle.net/2122/15249 en eng Egu-Copernicus Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS) 1561-8633 http://hdl.handle.net/2122/15249 open article 2021 ftingv 2022-07-29T06:08:41Z Volcanic eruptions are amongst the most jeopardizing natural events due to their potential impacts on life, assets, and environment. In particular, atmospheric dispersal of volcanic tephra and aerosols during the explosive eruptions poses a serious threat to life and has significant consequences for infrastructures and global aviation safety. The volcanic island of Jan Mayen, located in the North Atlantic under trans-continental air traffic routes, is considered the northernmost active volcanic area in the world, with at least 5 eruptive periods recorded during the last 200 years. However, quantitative hazard assessments on the possible consequences for air traffic of a future ash-forming eruption at Jan Mayen are nonexistent. This study presents the first comprehensive long-term volcanic hazard assessment for Jan Mayen volcanic island in terms of ash dispersal and concentration at different flight levels. In order to delve in the characterization and modelling of that potential impact, a probabilistic approach based on merging a large number of numerical simulations is adopted, varying the volcano’s Eruption Source Parameters (ESPs) and meteorological scenario. Each ESP value is randomly sampled following a continuous Probability Density Function (PDF) based on the Jan Mayen geological record. Over 20 years of meteorological data are considered in order to explore the natural variability associated with weather conditions and used to run thousands of simulations of the ash dispersal model FALL3D on a 2 km-resolution grid. The simulated scenarios are combined to produce probability maps of airborne ash concentration, arrival time and persistence of unfavorable conditions at flight levels 50 and 250 (FL050 and FL250). The resulting maps can represent an aid to civil protection, decision makers and, moreover, aviation stakeholders in assessing and preventing the potential impact from a future ash-rich eruption at Jan Mayen. In press 6V. Pericolosità vulcanica e contributi alla stima del rischio JCR Journal Article in Journal/Newspaper Jan Mayen Jan Mayen Island North Atlantic Earth-Prints (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia) Jan Mayen Norway |
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Volcanic eruptions are amongst the most jeopardizing natural events due to their potential impacts on life, assets, and environment. In particular, atmospheric dispersal of volcanic tephra and aerosols during the explosive eruptions poses a serious threat to life and has significant consequences for infrastructures and global aviation safety. The volcanic island of Jan Mayen, located in the North Atlantic under trans-continental air traffic routes, is considered the northernmost active volcanic area in the world, with at least 5 eruptive periods recorded during the last 200 years. However, quantitative hazard assessments on the possible consequences for air traffic of a future ash-forming eruption at Jan Mayen are nonexistent. This study presents the first comprehensive long-term volcanic hazard assessment for Jan Mayen volcanic island in terms of ash dispersal and concentration at different flight levels. In order to delve in the characterization and modelling of that potential impact, a probabilistic approach based on merging a large number of numerical simulations is adopted, varying the volcano’s Eruption Source Parameters (ESPs) and meteorological scenario. Each ESP value is randomly sampled following a continuous Probability Density Function (PDF) based on the Jan Mayen geological record. Over 20 years of meteorological data are considered in order to explore the natural variability associated with weather conditions and used to run thousands of simulations of the ash dispersal model FALL3D on a 2 km-resolution grid. The simulated scenarios are combined to produce probability maps of airborne ash concentration, arrival time and persistence of unfavorable conditions at flight levels 50 and 250 (FL050 and FL250). The resulting maps can represent an aid to civil protection, decision makers and, moreover, aviation stakeholders in assessing and preventing the potential impact from a future ash-rich eruption at Jan Mayen. In press 6V. Pericolosità vulcanica e contributi alla stima del rischio JCR Journal |
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#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE# Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione Bologna, Bologna, Italia Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione OV, Napoli, Italia |
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Titos, Manuel Martinez Montesinos, Beatriz Barsotti, Sara Sandri, Laura Folch, Arnau Mingari, Leonardo Macedonio, Giovanni Costa, Antonio Long-term hazard assessment of explosive eruptions at Jan Mayen Island (Norway) and implications on air-traffic in the North Atlantic |
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Titos, Manuel Martinez Montesinos, Beatriz Barsotti, Sara Sandri, Laura Folch, Arnau Mingari, Leonardo Macedonio, Giovanni Costa, Antonio |
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Long-term hazard assessment of explosive eruptions at Jan Mayen Island (Norway) and implications on air-traffic in the North Atlantic |
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Long-term hazard assessment of explosive eruptions at Jan Mayen Island (Norway) and implications on air-traffic in the North Atlantic |
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Long-term hazard assessment of explosive eruptions at Jan Mayen Island (Norway) and implications on air-traffic in the North Atlantic |
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Long-term hazard assessment of explosive eruptions at Jan Mayen Island (Norway) and implications on air-traffic in the North Atlantic |
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Long-term hazard assessment of explosive eruptions at Jan Mayen Island (Norway) and implications on air-traffic in the North Atlantic |
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long-term hazard assessment of explosive eruptions at jan mayen island (norway) and implications on air-traffic in the north atlantic |
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Jan Mayen Jan Mayen Island North Atlantic |
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Jan Mayen Jan Mayen Island North Atlantic |
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