<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The eruption of both the Eyjafjallajokull (April 2010) and Grimsvotn (May 2011) volcanoes cumulated with two moments that gave headaches to the authorities and air traffic, and their impact on the environment upon Iasi region have been studied by means of different tools evidencing the complexity of the phenomena. In order to evidence the intrusion of pollutants in the cloud systems and to obtain additional data on the intrusion when the ash cloud was over our country, LIDAR measurements, meteorological (NMA), Satellite data (EUMETSAT), and various forecasting models (ECMWF, VAAC-Met Office, HYSPLIT) have been used. The new 3D Atmospheric Observatory Site of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, as part of RADO (Romanian Atmospheric 3D Observatory) is presented, too.</p></abstract>

The eruption of both the Eyjafjallajokull (April 2010) and Grimsvotn (May 2011) volcanoes cumulated with two moments that gave headaches to the authorities and air traffic, and their impact on the environment upon Iasi region have been studied by means of different tools evidencing the complexity of the phenomena. In order to evidence the intrusion of pollutants in the cloud systems and to obtain additional data on the intrusion when the ash cloud was over our country, LIDAR measurements, meteorological (NMA), Satellite data (EUMETSAT), and various forecasting models (ECMWF, VAAC-Met Office, HYSPLIT) have been used. The new 3D Atmospheric Observatory Site of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, as part of RADO (Romanian Atmospheric 3D Observatory) is presented, too.

LIDAR Measurements Comparison Of Two Volcanic Eruptions: Environmental Influences Upon The Romanian Territory

“Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Faculty of Physics, 11 Carol I Blvd., 700506 Iasi, Romania

National Meteorological Administration, Regional Forecast Center Bacau, 1 Cuza Voda Str., 600274 Bacau, Romania

Annals of West University of Timisoara - Physics

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The eruption of both the Eyjafjallajokull (April 2010) and Grimsvotn (May 2011) volcanoes cumulated with two moments that gave headaches to the authorities and...

LIDAR Measurements Comparison Of Two Volcanic Eruptions: Environmental Influences Upon The Romanian Territory

Publicado en línea: 05 oct 2015

Páginas: 68 - 75

Recibido: 28 dic 2011

Aceptado: 19 ene 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/awutp-2015-0010

Palabras clave
Volcanic ash, LIDAR, satellite imagery

© Mihai Nicolae Dănilă et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

LIDAR Measurements Comparison Of Two Volcanic Eruptions: Environmental Influences Upon The Romanian Territory

Publicado en línea: 05 oct 2015

Páginas: 68 - 75

Recibido: 28 dic 2011

Aceptado: 19 ene 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/awutp-2015-0010

Palabras claveVolcanic ash, LIDAR, satellite imagery

© Mihai Nicolae Dănilă et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
Volcanic ash, LIDAR, satellite imagery