Retrieval of Volcanic Ash Cloud Base Height Using Machine Learning Algorithms

• Published in: Atmosphere
• Main Authors: Fenghua Zhao, Jiawei Xia, Lin Zhu, Hongfu Sun, Dexin Zhao
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: volcanic ash cloud base height; machine learning; CALIOP lidar data; passive satellite measurement; Tonga; Eyjafjallajökull; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14020228

There are distinct differences between radiation characteristics of volcanic ash and meteorological clouds, and conventional retrieval methods for cloud base height (CBH) of the latter are difficult to apply to volcanic ash without substantial parameterisation and model correction. Furthermore, exis...