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, TJ, Carboni, E, Ilyinskaya, E, Pfeffer, M, Dagsson Waldhauserova, P, Schmidt, A, Berthet, G, Jegou, F, Renard, J-B, Olafsson, H, Bergsson, B, Yeo, R, Fannar Reynisson, N, Grainger, RG, Galle, B, Conde, V, Arellano, S, Lurton, T, Coute, B, Duverger, V
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2016
• Subjects: Holuhraun; Iceland
• Online Access: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/103843/; https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/103843/1/VIGNELLES_Holuhraun_20160811.docx; https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/103843/3/VIGNELLES_Holuhraun_suppl_20160811.docx; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.08.027

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 minutes of age. The balloon carried a novel minia...