A new radar‐based statistical model to quantify mass eruption rate of volcanic plumes

L Mereu, S Scollo, A Garcia, L Sandri… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate forecasting of volcanic particle (tephra) dispersal and fallout requires a reliable
estimation of key Eruption Source Parameters (ESPs) such as the Mass Eruption Rate (QM) …

[HTML][HTML] Mass eruption rates of tephra plumes during the 2011–2015 lava fountain paroxysms at Mt. Etna from Doppler radar retrievals

V Freret-Lorgeril, F Donnadieu, S Scollo… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Real-time estimation of eruptive source parameters during explosive volcanic eruptions is a
major challenge in terms of hazard evaluation and risk assessment as these inputs are …

[PDF][PDF] TError: towards a better quantification of the uncertainty propagated during the characterization of tephra deposits

S Biass, G Bagheri, W Aeberhard… - Statistics in …, 2013 - research-collection.ethz.ch
Abstract We present TError, a Matlab package designed to quantify systematically the
uncertainty associated with the characterization of tephra deposits, in which the most …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing mass eruption rate estimates by combining simple plume models

T Dürig, LS Schmidt, F Dioguardi - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Tephra injected into the atmosphere by volcanic ash plumes poses one of the key hazards
in explosive eruptions. Forecasting the atmospheric dispersal of volcanic ash requires good …

A model for buoyant tephra plumes coupled to lava fountains with an application to the 29th of August 2011 paroxysmal eruption at Mount Etna, Italy

E Snee, W Degruyter, C Bonadonna… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Explosive basaltic eruptions pose significant threats to local communities, regional
infrastructures and international airspace. They produce tephra plumes that are often …

Modeling eruption source parameters by integrating field, ground‐based, and satellite‐based measurements: The case of the 23 February 2013 Etna Paroxysm

M Poret, A Costa, D Andronico, S Scollo… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Volcanic plumes from Etna volcano (Italy) are governed by easterly winds driving ash over
the Ionian Sea. The limited land tephra deposit makes total grain‐size distribution (TGSD) …

A statistical approach to evaluate the tephra deposit and ash concentration from PUFF model forecasts

S Scollo, M Prestifilippo, M Coltelli, RA Peterson… - Journal of Volcanology …, 2011 - Elsevier
In this paper we present a new statistical approach which provides tephra deposit load and
ash concentration using PUFF, a Lagrangian model widely used to forecast volcanic ash …

[HTML][HTML] Real-time probabilistic assessment of volcanic hazard for tephra dispersal and fallout at Mt. Etna: the 2021 lava fountain episodes

F Pardini, M de'Michieli Vitturi, D Andronico… - Bulletin of …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Starting from February 2021, Mt. Etna (Italy) experienced a period of intense
explosive activity with 17 lava fountain episodes between 16 February and 1 April 2021 …

FPLUME-1.0: An integral volcanic plume model accounting for ash aggregation

A Folch, A Costa, G Macedonio - Geoscientific Model …, 2016 - gmd.copernicus.org
Eruption source parameters (ESP) characterizing volcanic eruption plumes are crucial
inputs for atmospheric tephra dispersal models, used for hazard assessment and risk …

Estimating volcanic plume heights from depositional clast size

RE Burden, JC Phillips… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Tephra deposits retain a considerable amount of information about the nature of volcanic
eruptions, with plume height commonly inferred from maximum clast size measurements …