HR: 0830h
AN: A21A-09    [Abstracts]
TI: The Transport and Regional Aerosol Impact of Volcanic Ash from the July, 2003 Soufriere Hills Volcanic Eruption
AU: * White, J D
EM: jwhite27@hotmail.com
AF: Howard University Program in Atmospheric Sciences, 525 College St., NW Room B-21, Washington, DC 20059 United States
AU: Morris, V
EM: vmorris@howard.edu
AF: Howard University Program in Atmospheric Sciences, 525 College St., NW Room B-21, Washington, DC 20059 United States
AU: Roldan, L
EM: l_roldan@hotmail.com
AF: Howard University Program in Atmospheric Sciences, 525 College St., NW Room B-21, Washington, DC 20059 United States
AB: The Soufriere 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, which is a volcanic island arc formed along the junction of the Atlantic tectonic plate and the Caribbean plate. An eruption of the Soufriere Hills Volcano began 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. The aim of this work is to analyze the transport mechanism of the volcanic ash from the island of Montserrat to the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico and clarify its impact on regional aerosol distributions.
DE: 0305 Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801)
DE: 0370 Volcanic effects (8409)
SC: Atmospheric Sciences [A]
MN: 2005 Joint Assembly