The 2016 Eruptions in Kamchatka and on the North Kuril Islands: The Hazard to Aviation

• Published in: Journal of Volcanology and Seismology
• Main Authors: Girina O.A., Manevich A.G., Melnikov D.V., Nuzhdaev A.A., Petrova E.G.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2019
• Subjects: 38.37.25 Вулканология; Чикурачки; Эбеко; Алаид; Карымский; Безымянный; Шивелуч; Ключевской; Жупановский; Alaid; Kamchatka
• Online Access: http://repo.kscnet.ru/3594/; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0742046319030047; https://doi.org/10.1134/S0742046319030047

Large explosive eruptions of volcanoes pose the highest hazard to modern jet f lights, because such eruptions can eject as much as several cubic kilometers of volcanic ash and aerosol into the atmosphere during a few hours or days. The year 2016 saw eruptions on 5 of the 30 active Kamchatka volcanoe...