Influences of the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcanic plume on air quality in the northern Alpine region

• Main Authors: Schäfer, K., Thomas, W., Peters, A., Ries, L., Obleitner, F., Schnelle-Kreis, J., Birmili, W., Diemer, J., Fricke, W., Junkermann, W., Pitz, M., Emeis, S., Forkel, R., Suppan, P., Flentje, H., Gilge, S., Wichmann, H.E., Meinhardt, F., Zimmermann, R., Weinhold, K., Soentgen, J., Münkel, C., Freuer, C., Cyrys, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: München : European Geopyhsical Union 2011
• Subjects: advection; air quality; chemical analysis; emission; particulate matter; photochemistry; remote sensing; sulfur dioxide; sulfuric acid; vertical mixing; volcanic eruption; ddc:550; Schauinsland; Eyjafjallajökull; Iceland
• Online Access: https://oa.tib.eu/renate/handle/123456789/493; https://doi.org/10.34657/1043

A series of major eruptions of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland started on 14 April 2010 and continued until the end of May 2010. The volcanic emissions moved over nearly the whole of Europe and were observed first on 16 April 2010 in Southern Germany with different remote sensing systems fro...