Initializing HYSPLIT with Satellite Observations of Volcanic Ash ARL is investigating the use of satellite information about volcanic ash clouds to improve volcanic ash forecasts made with HYSPLIT. Some of this work has been described in a paper in the Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres. A. Crawford, B. J. B. Stunder, F. Ngan, M. J.…
DetailsVolcanic Ash Model Details Dispersion Simulations Using HYSPLIT HYSPLIT is set to use the same volcanic ash source term and produce look-alike output graphics as VAFTAD (Heffter and Stunder, 1993). The main differences between running HYSPLIT for volcanic ash and running HYSPLIT at the ARL HYSPLIT web page (unregistered or registered) is in the source term (the initial conditions…
DetailsVolcanic Ash Modeling History Following the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, a NOAA – Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Volcanic Hazards Alert became effective in 1988. ARL’s contribution was to provide forecast trajectories. However, trajectories are limited in that they only provide a representation of the transport paths of single…
DetailsARL News National Volcanic Ash Operations Plan August 30, 2007 The Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research (OFCM) will soon publish the “National Volcanic Ash Operations Plan for Aviation and Support of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International Airways Volcano Watch”. ARL’s role, outlined in the plan, is to…
DetailsVolcanic Ash Modeling Mt. Augustine volcanic eruption(Credit: Cyrus Read, U.S. Geological Survey) Volcanic ash is a hazard to aircraft because it can degrade engine performance and navigational and operational instrumentation. Operationally, the NWS runs the ARL-developed HYSPLIT model to forecast the transport and dispersion of volcanic ash in and near the U.S. Volcanic Ash Advisory Centers'(VAAC) (Anchorage,…
DetailsARL’s HYSPLIT Model Sets New Usage Record in 2017 January 2018 ARL’s HYSPLIT model is well-known in the atmospheric science community as one of the most widely used models for atmospheric trajectory and dispersion calculations. Publicly available via ARL’s Real-time Environmental Applications and Display sYstem (READY) web server (http://www.ready.noaa.gov), users worldwide are able to access…
DetailsHQ Alice Crawford the University of Maryland Atmospheric and Oceanic Science departmental seminar on Thursday, 30 November. Her talk was titled HYSPLIT: Modeling the transport and dispersion of atmospheric tracers. At the request of the Washington VAAC (volcanic ash advisory center), Alice Crawford provided HYSPLIT runs simulating the eruption of Agung volcano in Bali. The…
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DetailsLaboratory Science Review: Presentations Silver Spring Metro Center #3 Conference Room #4527 1315 East West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910 May 3-5, 2011 The presentations for the Laboratory Review may be downloaded as PPT and as PDF documents. Talks are are listed in the order they are presented during the review. As needed, speakers have…
DetailsLaboratory Science Review — Full List of Session 1 Posters *All posters are available below as jpg files. Atmospheric Dispersion and Boundary Layer Characterization Nuclear Emergency Support Applications (Glenn Rolph, Ariel Stein, Barbara Stunder) HYSPLIT research to NCEP operations (Barbara Stunder and Tianfeng Chai) Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with Duke Energy Generation: a Public-Private…
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