A model study of the pollution effects of the first 3 months of the Holuhraun volcanic fissure: comparison with observations and air pollution effects

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: Steensen, Birthe Marie, Schulz, Michael, Theys, Nicolas, Fagerli, Hilde
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2016
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Holuhraun; Norway; Iceland; North Atlantic; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-9745-2016; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00043422; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00043042/acp-16-9745-2016.pdf; https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/16/9745/2016/acp-16-9745-2016.pdf

The volcanic fissure at Holuhraun, Iceland started at the end of August 2014 and continued for 6 months to the end of February 2015, with an extensive lava flow onto the Holuhraun plain. This event was associated with large SO2 emissions, amounting up to approximately 4.5 times the daily anthropogen...