A GIS-based tool to support air traffic management during explosive volcanic eruptions

• Published in: Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
• Main Authors: Scaini, Chiara, Folch, Arnau, BOLIC, TATJANA, CASTELLI, LORENZO
• Other Authors: Bolic, Tatjana, Castelli, Lorenzo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Air traffic management; Impact assessment; Map-based tool; Response strategie; Volcanic ash; Computer Science Application; Management Science and Operations Research; Transportation; Katla; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11368/2835357; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2014.09.020

We present a methodology to estimate the impacts of volcanic ash dispersal on civil avia- tion and a software tool aimed at assisting air traffic management in the event of ash-con- taminated airspace. The tool merges atmospheric dispersal model forecasts with air traffic data in a map-based platfor...