Satellite Observations and Numerical Simulation Results for the Comprehensive Analysis of Ash Cloud Transport during the Explosive Eruptions of Kamchatka Volcanoes
Sorokin A.A., Girina O.A., Loupian E.A., Malkovsky S.I., Balashov I.V., Efremov V. Yu., Kramareva L.S., Korolev S.P., Romanova I.M.
// Russion Meteorology and Hydrology, 2017. Vol. 42. No. 12. P. 759-765.
Ash clouds resultings from explosive volcanic eruptions pose a real thread to human life (for aircraft flights, airport operations, etc.); hterefore, the detection, monitoring, and forecast of their movement is an urgent and important issue. The features and examples of application of the new tool developed on the basis of "Monitoring of Active Volcanoes of Kamchatka and the Kurile Islanda" information system (VolSatView) are described. It allows the integrated monitoring and forecasting of ash cloud transport using the data of remote sensing and mathematical modeling as well as the assessment of the parameters of explosive events.