Meteorological controls on local and regional volcanic ash dispersal

• Main Authors: Poulidis, Alexandros P., Phillips, Jeremy C., Renfrew, Ian A., Barclay, Jenni, Hogg, Andrew, Jenkins, Susanna F., Robertson, Richard, Pyle, David M.
• Other Authors: Earth Observatory of Singapore
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Meteorological Controls; Volcanic Ash Dispersal
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/86836; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45311
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Volcanic ash has the capacity to impact human health, livestock, crops and infrastructure, including international air traffic. For recent major eruptions, information on the volcanic ash plume has been combined with relatively coarse-resolution meteorological model output to provide simulations of...