Reconstructing volcanic plume evolution integrating satellite and ground-based data: application to the 23 November 2013 Etna eruption

Poret, Matthieu; Corradini, Stefano; Merucci, Luca; Costa, Antonio; Andronico, Daniele; Montopoli, Mario; Vulpiani, Gianfranco; Freret-Lorgeril, Valentin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4695-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4695-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4695-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 7

Research article

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06 Apr 2018

Research article |

| 06 Apr 2018

Reconstructing volcanic plume evolution integrating satellite and ground-based data: application to the 23 November 2013 Etna eruption

Matthieu Poret, Stefano Corradini, Luca Merucci, Antonio Costa, Daniele Andronico, Mario Montopoli, Gianfranco Vulpiani, and Valentin Freret-Lorgeril

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RC1: 'A novel derivation of TGSD. But the paper needs more clarity & better explanation of methods', Larry Mastin, 29 Jan 2018
- AC1: 'Reply to RC1', Matthieu Poret, 28 Feb 2018
RC2: 'Review of Poret et al 2018', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Feb 2018
- AC2: 'Reply to RC2', Matthieu Poret, 28 Feb 2018

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This study aims at proposing a method to better assess the initial magma fragmentation produced during explosive volcanic eruptions. We worked on merging field, radar, and satellite data to estimate the total grain-size distribution, which is used within simulations to reconstruct the tephra loading and far-travelling airborne ash dispersal. This approach is applied to 23 November 2013, giving the very fine ash fraction related to volcanic hazards (e.g. air traffic safety).