Session: Special International Applications Session on THE IMPACT AND METEOROLOGICAL CHALLENGES OF VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS (93rd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

Monday, 7 January 2013: 4:00 PM-5:30 PM

Room 12A (Austin Convention Center)

Host: 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS)

Cochairs:

Erik Andersson, ECMWF, Forecast Department, Reading, Berkshire and John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant, Berryville, VA

Key words: 'Volcanic Ash', 'Volcanic Eruption', 'Tsunami', 'Ash Plumes', 'Volcanic Ash Clouds', 'Particle Size', 'Re-suspension of Ash', 'Eyjafjallajökull', 'Volcanic Ash Dispersion', 'Cordon Caulle', 'IAVWOPSG' and 'IVATF'

Papers:

4:00 PM

2B.1

Monitoring Eruptions in Iceland, an Intergrated Approach

Halldor Bjornsson, Icelandic Meteorological Office, Reykjavik, Iceland; and G. N. Petersen, S. von Löwis, P. Arason, and S. Karlsdóttir

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

2B.2

Radar imaging of Icelandic eruptions: Lessons learnt and future preparations

Richard F. Yeo, Icelandic Meteorological Office, Reykjavík, Iceland; and G. S. Sigurgsson

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

2B.3

On the difficulty to define a threshold for “visible ash”

Bernadett Weinzierl, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen, Wessling, Germany; and D. Sauer, A. Minikin, O. Reitebuch, F. Dahlkötter, B. Mayer, C. Emde, I. Tegen, J. Gasteiger, A. Petzold, A. Veira, U. Kueppers, and U. Schumann

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

2B.4

To define 'Discernible Ash'

Ian Lisk, UK Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

2B.5

The Sensitivity of Lidar Systems used in the Detection of Tropospheric Volcanic Emissions: A Review

Deborah S. Lee, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM