ASHFALL -a graduate course in volcanology, with substantial meteorological content
Fall 2009
Michigan Tech
Course No: GE 5180 3 credits
location Houghton, starts Sept 1
CoordinatorS W I Rose raman@mtu.edu
Jose Luis Palma jose@mtu.edu
TIME Tuesday, Thursday 930-11 am EST (GMT-5)
Class conference link: http://mtu.na4.acrobat.com/GE5180
To look at Lectures, download Movies:
#1 Origin of Ash Explosive Vesiculation
#2 Phreatic and Phreatomagmatic Fragmentation
#3 Eruption Columns
#4 Size of Volcanic Ash
#5 Particle Fall through the Atmosphere
#6 Numerical Fallout according to Suzuki
#7 Ashfall blankets
#8 Volcanological Meteorology
#9 More Volcano Meteorology
#10 Weather Radar Systems (Lacasse et al)
#11 Thunderstorms and Volcanic Clouds
#12 Direct Sampling of Volcanic Clouds
#13 Durant Distal Sedimentation & Cloud Microphysics
#14 Detecting Volcanic Ash from Space
#15 More Volcanic ash remote sensing
#16 SO2 Remote Sensing (Carn)
#17 Spurr Eruption Case Discussion
#18 Bonadonna Tephra Deposits Characteristics
#19 Chaiten Eruption Observations
#20 Horwell--Ashfalls and Human Health
#21 Ashcloud hazards to Aircraft
View Taped Discussions Via Connect Pro
Dec 1 Lect 20 Disc with Horwell
Nov 10 Lect18 Disc Bonadonna
Oct 20 Lect 13 Adam Durant Discussion
The class projects will compare models of ash blankets with actual ones using data sets where GSD and spatial distribution data are available.
These projects are directed toward developing skill in, complex scientific data analysis, numerical model applications and comparison with real data, and scientific writing.
Class Projects
Kristi Wallace AVO