Volcanic Plumes.Impacts on the Atmosphere and Insights into Volcanic Processes

• Main Authors: McGonigle, Andrew, Salerno, Giuseppe, Sellitto, Pasquale
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: 2011–2015 Etna lava fountains; aerosol optical properties; analysis software; atmospheric chemistry; atmospheric remote sensing; basaltic volcanism; Book Industry Communication; BrO; Bárðarbunga; cloud height; degassing processes; Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL); eruption monitoring; eruption start and duration; Etna volcano; fissure eruption; gas; gas slug; gases; geochemical modelling; Holuhraun; hyperspectral remote sensing; image processing; interdisciplinary volcanology; Mount Etna; n/a; nonlinear PCA; nonlinear spectral unmixing; oxygen and sulfur multi-isotopes; plume; portable photometry; puffing; Python 2.7; Q1-390; radiative forcing; radiative transfer; radioactive disequilibria 210Pb-210Bi-210Po; reactive halogen; Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects; remote sensing; Research & information: general; satellite remote sensing; SEVIRI data; SO2; spherical-cap bubble; SSA; strombolian; Taylor bubble; time averaged discharge rate; ultraviolet cameras; UV cameras; volcanic aerosols; volcanic CO2 flux; volcanic emissions; volcanic gases; volcanic geochemistry; volcanic plume top height; volcanic plumes; volcanic sulfate aerosols; volcanology

Volcanoes release plumes of gas and ash to the atmosphere during episodes of passive and explosive behavior. These ejecta have important implications for the chemistry and composition of the troposphere and stratosphere, with the capacity to alter Earth's radiation budget and climate system ove...