Interaction between volcanic plumes and wind during the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull eruption, Iceland
Estimates of volcanic source mass flux, currently deduced from observations of plume height, are crucial for ash dispersion models for aviation and population hazard. This study addresses the role of the atmospheric wind in determining the height at which volcanic plumes spread in the atmosphere and...
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ftubristolcris:oai:research-information.bris.ac.uk:publications/36e70a34-0d8c-4970-a3f2-ae1c45f48047 2024-04-28T08:25:48+00:00 Interaction between volcanic plumes and wind during the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull eruption, Iceland Woodhouse, M. J. Hogg, A. J. Phillips, J. C. Sparks, R. S. J. 2013-01-31 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/1983/36e70a34-0d8c-4970-a3f2-ae1c45f48047 https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/36e70a34-0d8c-4970-a3f2-ae1c45f48047 https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JB009592 https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/files/16976778/JGR2013.pdf http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2012JB009592/abstract eng eng https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/36e70a34-0d8c-4970-a3f2-ae1c45f48047 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Woodhouse , M J , Hogg , A J , Phillips , J C & Sparks , R S J 2013 , ' Interaction between volcanic plumes and wind during the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull eruption, Iceland ' , Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth , vol. 118 , no. 1 , pp. 92-109 . https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JB009592 TURBULENT PLUMES COLUMNS ATMOSPHERE DYNAMICS JETS CONVECTION TRANSPORT HEIGHTS WATER RISE Explosive volcanism Volcanic ash Plume Integral model article 2013 ftubristolcris https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JB009592 2024-04-03T15:17:07Z Estimates of volcanic source mass flux, currently deduced from observations of plume height, are crucial for ash dispersion models for aviation and population hazard. This study addresses the role of the atmospheric wind in determining the height at which volcanic plumes spread in the atmosphere and the relationship between source mass flux and plume height in a wind field. We present a predictive model of volcanic plumes that describes the bending over of the plume trajectory in a crosswind and show that model predictions are in accord with a dataset of historic eruptions if the profile of atmospheric wind shear is described. The wind restricts the rise height of volcanic plumes such that obtaining equivalent rise heights for a plume in a windy environment would require an order of magnitude increase in the source mass flux over a plume in a quiescent environment. Our model calculations are used to calibrate a semi-empirical relationship between the plume height and the source mass flux that explicitly includes the atmospheric wind speed. We demonstrate that the model can account for the variations in plume height observed during the first explosive phase of the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull eruption using independently measured wind speeds and show that changes in the observed plume height are better explained by changing meteorology than abrupt changes in the source mass flux. This study shows that unless the wind is properly accounted for, estimates of the source mass flux during an explosive eruption are likely to be very significant underpredictions of the volcanic source conditions. Citation: Woodhouse, M. J., A. J. Hogg, J. C. Phillips, and R. S. J. Sparks (2013), Interaction between volcanic plumes and wind during the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull eruption, Iceland, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 118, 92-109, doi:10.1029/2012JB009592. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Bristol: Bristol Research Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 118 1 92 109 |
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TURBULENT PLUMES COLUMNS ATMOSPHERE DYNAMICS JETS CONVECTION TRANSPORT HEIGHTS WATER RISE Explosive volcanism Volcanic ash Plume Integral model Woodhouse, M. J. Hogg, A. J. Phillips, J. C. Sparks, R. S. J. Interaction between volcanic plumes and wind during the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull eruption, Iceland |
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Estimates of volcanic source mass flux, currently deduced from observations of plume height, are crucial for ash dispersion models for aviation and population hazard. This study addresses the role of the atmospheric wind in determining the height at which volcanic plumes spread in the atmosphere and the relationship between source mass flux and plume height in a wind field. We present a predictive model of volcanic plumes that describes the bending over of the plume trajectory in a crosswind and show that model predictions are in accord with a dataset of historic eruptions if the profile of atmospheric wind shear is described. The wind restricts the rise height of volcanic plumes such that obtaining equivalent rise heights for a plume in a windy environment would require an order of magnitude increase in the source mass flux over a plume in a quiescent environment. Our model calculations are used to calibrate a semi-empirical relationship between the plume height and the source mass flux that explicitly includes the atmospheric wind speed. We demonstrate that the model can account for the variations in plume height observed during the first explosive phase of the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull eruption using independently measured wind speeds and show that changes in the observed plume height are better explained by changing meteorology than abrupt changes in the source mass flux. This study shows that unless the wind is properly accounted for, estimates of the source mass flux during an explosive eruption are likely to be very significant underpredictions of the volcanic source conditions. Citation: Woodhouse, M. J., A. J. Hogg, J. C. Phillips, and R. S. J. Sparks (2013), Interaction between volcanic plumes and wind during the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull eruption, Iceland, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 118, 92-109, doi:10.1029/2012JB009592. |
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Interaction between volcanic plumes and wind during the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull eruption, Iceland |
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Interaction between volcanic plumes and wind during the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull eruption, Iceland |
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Interaction between volcanic plumes and wind during the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull eruption, Iceland |
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Interaction between volcanic plumes and wind during the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull eruption, Iceland |
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Interaction between volcanic plumes and wind during the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull eruption, Iceland |
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Woodhouse , M J , Hogg , A J , Phillips , J C & Sparks , R S J 2013 , ' Interaction between volcanic plumes and wind during the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull eruption, Iceland ' , Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth , vol. 118 , no. 1 , pp. 92-109 . https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JB009592 |
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