Lidar measurements comparison of two volcanic eruptions: environmental influences upon the Romanian territory
Pages 68-75
Mihai Nicolae Dănilă, Florin Unga, Marius Mihai Cazacu, Adrian Timofte, Mitachi Strat, Dan Gheorghe Dimitriu, Silviu Gurlui
Abstract
The eruption of both the Eyjafjallajokull (April 2010) and Grimsvotn
(May 2011) volcanoes cumulated with two moments that gave headaches
to the authorities and air traffic, and their impact on the environment upon
Iasi region have been studied by means of different tools evidencing the
complexity of the phenomena. In order to evidence the intrusion of
pollutants in the cloud systems and to obtain additional data on the
intrusion when the ash cloud was over our country, LIDAR
measurements, meteorological (NMA), Satellite data (EUMETSAT), and
various forecasting models (ECMWF, VAAC-Met Office, HYSPLIT)
have been used. The new 3D Atmospheric Observatory Site of the
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, as part of RADO (Romanian
Atmospheric 3D Observatory) is presented, too.