Author(s): F. Dioguardi; S. Engwell; N. Jones

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Keywords: Volcanic ash plumes; Wind entrainment; Real-time estimation

Abstract: We present a graphical method for estimating the wind entrainment coefficient for volcanic ash plumes during explosive eruptions from image analysis. This method can potentially be applied operationally in near real-time, as to inform plume models.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3850/978-981-11-2731-1_037-cd

Year: 2018