Monitoring of the Eyjafjalla volcanic plume at four lidar stations over the Iberian Peninsula: 6 to 8 May 2010

• Main Authors: Silva, A.M., Wagner, F., Rocadenbosch Burillo, Francisco, Pujadas, Manuel, Comerón Tejero, Adolfo, Alados Arboledas, Lucas, Reba Mohd Nadzri, Md, Guerrero Rascado, Juan Luis, Sicard, Michaël, Molero, Francisco, Navas Guzmán, Francisco, Preissler, J., Kumar, Dhiraj, Bravo Aranda, J.A., Tomás Martínez, Sergio
• Other Authors: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Teoria del Senyal i Comunicacions, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. RSLAB - Grup de Recerca en Teledetecció
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació; Eyjafjallajökull Volcano (Iceland); Remote sensing; Signal theory (Telecommunication); Senyal; Teoria del (Telecomunicació); Volcans; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2117/8785

Lidar measurements were performed in the framework of the EARLINET and SPALINET networks during the eruption of Eyjafjalla volcano (Iceland) since 14 April 2010. The profiles of the aerosol optical properties, namely backscatter and extinction coefficients, lidar ratio and Angström exponent, show the presence of volcanic aerosol layers over all SPALINET stations since 5 May. The volcanic particles were monitored both within the planetary boundary layer and in decoupled layers up to 8 km agl over the Iberian Peninsula. This is the first time that the spatial and temporal distributions of volcanic aerosols have been studied with active remote sensing techniques over the Iberian Peninsula. Postprint (published version)