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@ARTICLE{Heng:256237,
author = {Heng, Y. and Hoffmann, Lars and Griessbach, S. and
Rößler, T. and Stein, O.},
title = {{I}nverse transport modeling of volcanic sulfur dioxide
emissions using large-scale ensemble simulations},
journal = {Geoscientific model development discussions},
volume = {8},
number = {10},
issn = {1991-962X},
address = {Katlenburg-Lindau},
publisher = {Copernicus},
reportid = {FZJ-2015-06206},
pages = {9103 - 9146},
year = {2015},
abstract = {An inverse transport modeling approach based on the
concepts of sequential importance resampling and parallel
computing is presented to reconstruct altitude-resolved time
series of volcanic emissions, which often can not be
obtained directly with current measurement techniques. A new
inverse modeling and simulation system, which implements the
inversion approach with the Lagrangian transport model
Massive-Parallel Trajectory Calculations (MPTRAC) is
developed to provide reliable transport simulations of
volcanic sulfur dioxide (SO2). In the inverse modeling
system MPTRAC is used to perform two types of simulations,
i. e., large-scale ensemble simulations for the
reconstruction of volcanic emissions and final transport
simulations. The transport simulations are based on wind
fields of the ERA-Interim meteorological reanalysis of the
European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts. The
reconstruction of altitude-dependent SO2 emission time
series is also based on Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS)
satellite observations. A case study for the eruption of the
Nabro volcano, Eritrea, in June 2011, with complex emission
patterns, is considered for method validation. Meteosat
Visible and InfraRed Imager (MVIRI) near-real-time imagery
data are used to validate the temporal development of the
reconstructed emissions. Furthermore, the altitude
distributions of the emission time series are compared with
top and bottom altitude measurements of aerosol layers
obtained by the Cloud–Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal
Polarization (CALIOP) and the Michelson Interferometer for
Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) satellite instruments.
The final transport simulations provide detailed spatial and
temporal information on the SO2 distributions of the Nabro
eruption. The SO2 column densities from the simulations are
in good qualitative agreement with the AIRS observations.
Our new inverse modeling and simulation system is expected
to become a useful tool to also study other volcanic
eruption events.},
cin = {JSC / IEK-8},
ddc = {910},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JSC-20090406 / I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-8-20101013},
pnm = {511 - Computational Science and Mathematical Methods
(POF3-511) / 243 - Tropospheric trace substances and their
transformation processes (POF3-243)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-511 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-243},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
doi = {10.5194/gmdd-8-9103-2015},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/256237},
}