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Report on the IAVCEI-WMO workshop on Ash Dispersal Forecast and Civil Aviation

Bonadonna, C.; Folch, A.; Loughlin, S.; Puempel, H.. 2011 Report on the IAVCEI-WMO workshop on Ash Dispersal Forecast and Civil Aviation. IUGG Newsletter, 11 (6). 6-7. (Unpublished)

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Abstract/Summary

The regulatory response to the 14 April 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption (Iceland) resulted in severe disruption to air traffic. By 21 April, the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and Eurocontrol had pioneered a new way to manage the crisis based on ash concentration thresholds defined by engine manufacturers. Both the initial zero ash tolerance approach by ICAO and the new ash concentration thresholds, used by the UK MetOffice and currently under discussion within ICAO, require robust ash dispersal forecasting based on the combination of Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP), Volcanic Ash Transport and Dispersal Models (VATDM) and ash cloud data acquisition.

Item Type: Publication - Article
Programmes: BGS Programmes 2010 > Earth hazards and systems
Date made live: 03 Apr 2012 15:07 +0 (UTC)
URI: https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/17601

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