Volcanic ash modeling with the online NMMB-MONARCH-ASH v1.0 model: model description, case simulation, and evaluation

Marti, Alejandro; Folch, Arnau; Jorba, Oriol; Janjic, Zavisa

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-4005-2017

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24 Mar 2017

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| 24 Mar 2017

Volcanic ash modeling with the online NMMB-MONARCH-ASH v1.0 model: model description, case simulation, and evaluation

Alejandro Marti, Arnau Folch, Oriol Jorba, and Zavisa Janjic

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RC1: 'A well written paper describing a significant new online model for meteorology and ash dispersion', Larry Mastin, 20 Dec 2016
- AC1: 'Discussion and Response to review comments by L.Mastin', Alejandro Marti, 06 Feb 2017
- AC3: 'Manuscript with track changes', Alejandro Marti, 06 Feb 2017
RC2: 'Referee report', Jens Havskov Sørensen, 21 Dec 2016
- AC2: 'Discussion and Response to review comments by J. H. Sørensen', Alejandro Marti, 06 Feb 2017
- AC4: 'Manuscript with track changes', Alejandro Marti, 06 Feb 2017

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AR by Alejandro Marti on behalf of the Authors (07 Feb 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (22 Feb 2017) by Stefano Galmarini

AR by Alejandro Marti on behalf of the Authors (27 Feb 2017) Manuscript

Short summary

We describe and evaluate NMMB-MONARCH-ASH, a novel online multi-scale meteorological and transport model developed at the BSC-CNS capable of forecasting the dispersal and deposition of volcanic ash. The forecast skills of the model have been validated and they improve on those from traditional operational offline (decoupled) models. The results support the use of online coupled models to aid civil aviation and emergency management during a crisis such as the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull.