Monitoring of the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic aerosol plume over the Iberian Peninsula by means of four EARLINET lidar stations
Michaël Sicard,Juan Luis Guerrero-Rascado,Francisco Navas-Guzmán,Jana Preißler,Francisco Molero,Sergio Tomás,Juan Antonio Bravo-Aranda,Adolfo Comerón,Francesc Rocadenbosch,Frank Wagner,Manuel Pujadas,Lucas Alados-Arboledas +11 more
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In this article, the authors performed intensively over the Iberian Peninsula (IP) during the eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano (Iceland) in April-May 2010.Abstract:
. Lidar and sun-photometer measurements were performed intensively over the Iberian Peninsula (IP) during the eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano (Iceland) in April–May 2010. The volcanic plume reached all the IP stations for the first time on 5 May 2010. A thorough study of the event was conducted for the period 5–8 May. Firstly, the spatial and temporal evolution of the plume was described by means of lidar and sun-photometer measurements supported with backtrajectories. The volcanic aerosol layers observed over the IP were rather thin (read more
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