On-line coupling of volcanic ash and aerosols transport with global and regional meteorological models

• Main Author: Martí Donati, Alejandro
• Other Authors: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Civil i Ambiental, Folch Duran, Arnau
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya 2017
• Subjects: Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil; Antarctic; Ceniza; Corto; Depósito; Etna; Eyjafjallajokull; Antarc*; Eyjafjallajökull
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2117/110432; http://hdl.handle.net/10803/456043

Explosive volcanic eruptions can eject large quantities of particulate matter that, along with other aerosol droplets and trace gases, are carried upwards into the atmosphere by the buoyant eruption column and then dispersed by winds aloft. The presence in the atmosphere of volcanic ash is a sporadi...