Predicting and Validating the Tracking of a Volcanic Ash Cloud during the 2006 Eruption of Mt. Augustine Volcano

Webley, P. W.; Atkinson, Dean B.; Collins, R. L.; Dean, Kenneth; Fochesatto, Javier; Sassen, Kenneth; Cahill, C. F.; Prata, A. J.; Flynn, Connor; Mizutani, K.

doi:10.1175/2008bams2579.1

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“…Later eruptions from Mt. Augustine Volcano on January 28, 2006 -February 2, 2006 drifted north over Fairbanks and even Barrow (on the northern coast of Alaska), Sassen et al (2007) and Webley et al (2008). These events were detected by light detection and ranging and ground samplers again validating model predictions.…”

Section: Time Series Analysis: 1970 To Presentsupporting

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Dispersion modeling of volcanic ash clouds: North Pacific eruptions, the past 40 years: 1970–2010

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Over the last 40 years, there have been numerous volcanic eruptions across the North Pacific (NOPAC) region that posed a potential threat to both local communities and transcontinental aircraft. The ability to detect these volcanic clouds using satellite remote sensing and predict their movement by dispersion modeling is a major component of hazard mitigation. The Puff volcanic ash transport and dispersion model, used by the Alaska Volcano Observatory, was used to illustrate the impact that these volcanic ash clouds have made across the NOPAC and entire Polar region over the past 40 years. Nearly, 400 separate ash clouds were analyzed that were either reported or detected to have reached above 6 km (20,000 ft) above sea level, an average of one ash cloud every 1.25 months. Particular events showed that ash clouds can be tracked from Alaska to Greenland (Crater Peak, Mount Spurr in 1992), from Kamchatka to Alaska (Kluvicheskoi Volcano in 1994), from Alaska to California (Mount Cleveland Volcano in 2001) and from multiple events within 1 day (Mount Augustine Volcano in 2006). This study showed the vast number of events that have impacted this Polar region and how tracking them is useful for hazard mitigation.

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Section: Time Series Analysis: 1970 To Presentsupporting

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Dispersion modeling of volcanic ash clouds: North Pacific eruptions, the past 40 years: 1970–2010

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“…By project ends in March 2018 the groups involved in the network will develop a web based platform to distribute datasets and products tailored to risk managers, governmental agencies involved in hazard mitigation and risk assessment [9].…”

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Saver.net lidar network in southern South America

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The South American Environmental Risk Management Network (SAVER-Net) is an instrumentation network, mainly composed by lidars, to provide real-time information for atmospheric hazards and risk management purposes in South America. This lidar network have been developed since 2012 and all its sampling points are expected to be fully implemented by 2017. This paper describes the network’s status and configuration, the data acquisition and processing scheme (protocols and data levels), as well as some aspects of the scientific networking in Latin American Lidar Network (LALINET). Similarly, the paper lays out future plans on the operation and integration to major international collaborative efforts.

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“…Therefore, the proposed spatiospectral technique may be used to perform volcanic ash tracking. Some automated techniques have been proposed for detecting tornadoes and volcanoes operationally [29], [31]. The proposed processing technique could aid in providing timely warnings of dust storm regarding implications or hazard assessments for transportation, aviation, environmental safety and public health.…”

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Directional analysis and filtering for dust storm detection in NOAA-AVHRR imagery

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I take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to my advisor, Dr. Sergio. D. Cabrera, for providing me this opportunity. I appreciate his guidance and support without which this thesis could not be done. I would like to acknowledge the support received from the Texas Instruments Foundation Endowed Scholarship Program. I would extend my heartfelt gratitude to Mr. Vikram Jayaram for sparing his valuable time, guiding me at every stage and for his continuous encouragement and support. I would also like to sincerely acknowledge and thank Dr. Jose Gerardo Rosiles for his assistance and serving my committee. My special thanks to Dr. Thomas E. Gill, from Department of Geosciences, for his timely advice and for serving my committee. I am grateful to Nancy I. Rivera Rivera who has been a great source of help in my venture. Finally, a deep sense of gratitude is due to my family members and friends, who with their valuable suggestions and moral support, helped me in molding this project into a reality.

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Predicting and Validating the Tracking of a Volcanic Ash Cloud during the 2006 Eruption of Mt. Augustine Volcano

Abstract: FI G. I. Map of Alaska showing key locations. (Map background courtesy of Google Earth.) (a) State of Alaska and (b) the Cook Inlet region.

Cited by 17 publications

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Dispersion modeling of volcanic ash clouds: North Pacific eruptions, the past 40 years: 1970–2010

Dispersion modeling of volcanic ash clouds: North Pacific eruptions, the past 40 years: 1970–2010

Saver.net lidar network in southern South America

Directional analysis and filtering for dust storm detection in NOAA-AVHRR imagery

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