Monitoring Volcanic Plumes and Clouds Using Remote Sensing: A Systematic Review

R Mota, JM Pacheco, A Pimentel, A Gil - Remote Sensing, 2024 - mdpi.com
Volcanic clouds pose significant threats to air traffic, human health, and economic activity,
making early detection and monitoring crucial. Accurate determination of eruptive source …

On the Interplay between Desert Dust and Meteorology Based on WRF-Chem Simulations and Remote Sensing Observations in the Mediterranean Basin

U Rizza, E Avolio, M Morichetti, L Di Liberto, A Bellini… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this study, we investigate a series of Saharan dust outbreaks toward the Mediterranean
basin that occurred in late June 2021. In particular, we analyze the effect of mineral dust …

Airspace contamination by volcanic ash from sequences of Etna paroxysms: Coupling the WRF-Chem dispersion model with near-source L-band radar observations

U Rizza, F Donnadieu, M Morichetti, E Avolio… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Volcanic emissions (ash, gas, aerosols) dispersed in the atmosphere during explosive
eruptions generate hazards affecting aviation, human health, air quality, and the …

Impact of the different grid resolutions of the WRF model for the forecasting of the flood event of 15 July 2020 in Palermo (Italy)

G Castorina, MT Caccamo, V Insinga, S Magazù… - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
One of the most important challenges in atmospheric science and, in particular, in numerical
weather predictions (NWP), is to forecast extreme weather events. These events affect very …

Particle sedimentation in numerical modelling: a case study from the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle 2011 eruption with the PLUME-MoM/HYSPLIT models

A Tadini, M Gouhier, F Donnadieu, M de'Michieli Vitturi… - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
Numerical modelling of tephra fallout is a fast-developing research area in volcanology.
Several models are currently available both to forecast the dispersion of volcanic particles in …

Multi-Source Satellite and WRF-Chem Analyses of Atmospheric Pollution from Fires in Peninsular Southeast Asia

A Liang, J Gu, C Xiang - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Atmospheric pollutant gases emitted from straw burning and forest fires can lead to air
quality and human health problems. This work explored the evolutionary trends of …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling Paroxysmal and Mild-Strombolian Eruptive Plumes at Stromboli and Mt. Etna on 28 August 2019

G Castorina, A Semprebello, A Gattuso, G Salerno… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Volcanic eruptions pose a major natural hazard influencing the environment, climate and
human beings at different temporal and spatial scales. Nevertheless, several volcanoes …

Impact of SO2 Flux Estimation in the Modeling of the Plume of Mount Etna Christmas 2018 Eruption and Comparison against Multiple Satellite Sensors

C Lamotte, V Marécal, J Guth, G Salerno, S Corradini… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this study, we focus on the eruption of Mount Etna on Christmas 2018, which emitted great
amounts of SO 2 from 24th to 30th December into the free troposphere. Simulations based …

The role of observation nudging in high-resolution simulations of the 2016 Tunisian dust storm event

H Snoun, A Arif, M Alharbi, M Krichen - Euro-Mediterranean Journal for …, 2024 - Springer
This study investigates a severe dust storm event in Tunisia during March 2016, utilizing
high-resolution 1 km Weather Research and Forecasting Model coupled with Chemistry …

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U Rizza, F Donnadieu, M Morichetti, E Avolio… - 2023 - preprints.org
Volcanic emissions (ash, gas, aerosols) dispersed in the atmosphere during explosive
eruptions generate hazards affecting aviation, human health, air quality and the …