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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
Integrating Retrievals of Volcanic Cloud Characteristics from Satellite Remote Sensors: A Summary
Beteiligte:
Rose, W. I.;
Bluth, G. J. S.;
Ernst, G. G. J.
Erschienen:
The Royal Society, 2000
Erschienen in:
Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 358 (2000) 1770, Seite 1585-1606
Sprache:
Englisch
ISSN:
1364-503X
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<p>Volcanic eruptions are events that rapidly and suddenly disperse gases and fine particles into the atmosphere, a process most conveniently studied from the synoptic satellite perspective, where remote sensing offers a practical tool for spatial and temporal measurements. Meteorological satellites offer approximately 20 years of archived data, which can be analysed for measurements of masses of SO<sub>2</sub> and fine volcanic ash in spatial two-dimensional arrays and integrated with other meteorological data. The satellite data offer a tool to study volcano-atmosphere interactions in a quantitative way. They provide information of unique value for understanding the fate and transport of fine silicates with significant health hazards and for addressing the problem of volcanic cloud hazards to jet aircraft. Studies of satellite data have demonstrated the following. (1) Volcanic clouds from convergent plate boundary volcanoes contain large and variable excesses of SO<sub>2</sub>. (2) The second day of atmospheric residence for volcanic clouds has significantly higher SO<sub>2</sub> than the first, suggesting that early volcanic H<sub>2</sub>S may be converting to SO<sub>2</sub>. (3) Complete conversion of SO<sub>2</sub> to sulphate in the stratosphere occurs at an e-folding rate of approximately 120 days. SO<sub>2</sub> loss from stratospheric volcanic clouds occurs at an e-folding rate of approximately 35 days, and the SO<sub>2</sub> loss rate for volcanic clouds which only barely reach the stratosphere is rapid (e-folding only a few days). The latter limits the stratospheric aerosol build-up from smaller cruptions. (4) Fine volcanic ash (with diameters of less than ca. 25 μm) in drifting volcanic clouds retrieved after 10 h or more appear to represent a small fraction (less than 2% of the total mass) of the total mass of magma erupted, and also a small fraction (less than 20%) of the total mass of fine ash erupted. This is probably explained by the fact that the total mass is greatly reduced by aggregation processes within the volcanic cloud. (5) The amounts of fine ash decrease faster in volcanic clouds of larger eruptions, supporting the self-removal processes suggested by Pinto et al. in 1989. (6) Evidence for a strong role of ice in the fallout and aggregation of volcanic cloud ash is considerable. (7) In many cases, volcanic clouds separate into higher SO<sub>2</sub>-rich portions and lower ash-rich portions. The two portions follow different trajectories and the lower, ash-rich portions are affected by interactions with moist tropospheric air.</p>