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AN: A51A-0747    [Abstracts]
TI: Examination of the Volcanic Ash Transport from the July, 2003 SoufriŠre Hills Volcanic Eruption
AU: * White, J D
EM: jdwhite@howard.edu
AF: Howard University Program in Atmospheric Sciences, Howard University 525 College St., NW Room B-22, Washington, DC 20059 United States
AU: Roldan, L
EM: lroldan@howard.edu
AF: Howard University Program in Atmospheric Sciences, Howard University 525 College St., NW Room B-22, Washington, DC 20059 United States
AU: Morris, V
EM: vmorris@howard.edu
AF: Howard University Program in Atmospheric Sciences, Howard University 525 College St., NW Room B-22, Washington, DC 20059 United States
AU: Morris, V
EM: vmorris@howard.edu
AF: Department of Chemistry, Howard University 525 College St., NW Room B-21, Washington, DC 20059 United States
AB: The SoufriŠre Hills Volcano is located on the southern half of the Caribbean island of Montserrat. Montserrat is situated in the northern part of the Lesser Antilles, and is one of the volcanic islands formed along the junction of the Atlantic tectonic plate and the Caribbean plate. The Soufriere Hills Volcano began eruptions in 1995. Periods of small to moderate sized explosions followed. On July 12, 2003, a lava-dome of the volcano collapsed and led to several days of explosions that rocked the island and injected ash into the atmosphere. This work presents an analysis of satellite and in-situ observations and trajectory modeling to examine regional transport of the volcanic ash and its impact on regional aerosol distribution.
DE: 0305 Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801)
DE: 0370 Volcanic effects (8409)
DE: 0399 General or miscellaneous
SC: Atmospheric Sciences [A]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting