Formation of ash Eruption Columns GSD Particle Fall Ash Blankets Meteorology and fall Direct Sampling
Remote Sensing Models of Ashfall Case Studies Textbooks and References
Remote Sensing of Volcanic Clouds
2009
Readings:
Ash detection methods, Wen & Rose, 1994
Patterns of volcanic cloud evolution Rose et al 2001
Ash retreivals, Schneider et al, 1999
successive examples Guo et al 2004
Tracking Volcanic Clouds Carn et al 2008
Remote Sensing
Fred Prata NILU
Volcanic clouds can be detected, measured and analyzed by remote sensing tools from the ground, in aircraft and in satellites. This technique has provided much insight into the evolution and transport of volcanic clouds.
MODIS
3 May 2008 Chaiten active plume
