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Articles | Volume 22, issue 5
Articles | Volume 22, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-3409-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-3409-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 22, issue 5
Research article
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15 Mar 2022
Research article |  | 15 Mar 2022

Modelling the size distribution of aggregated volcanic ash and implications for operational atmospheric dispersion modelling

Frances Beckett, Eduardo Rossi, Benjamin Devenish, Claire Witham, and Costanza Bonadonna

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As volcanic ash is transported through the atmosphere, it may collide and stick together to form aggregates. Neglecting the process of aggregation in atmospheric dispersion models could lead to inaccurate forecasts used by civil aviation for hazard assessment. We developed an aggregation scheme for use with the model NAME, which is used by the London Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre. Using our scheme, we investigate the impact of aggregation on simulations of the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull ash cloud.
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