Title
Visualizing Volcanic Clouds in the Atmosphere and Their Impact on Air Traffic.
Abstract
Volcanic eruptions are not only hazardous in the direct vicinity of a volcano, but they also affect the climate and air travel for great distances. This article sheds light on the Grimsvotn, Puyehue-Cordon Caulle, and Nabro eruptions in 2011. The authors study the agreement of the complementary satellite data, reconstruct sulfate aerosol and volcanic ash clouds, visualize endangered flight routes, minimize occlusion in particle trajectory visualizations, and focus on the main pathways of Nabrou0027s sulfate aerosol into the stratosphere. The results here were developed for the 2014 IEEE Scientific Visualization Contest, which centers around the fusion of multiple satellite data modalities to reconstruct and assess the movement of volcanic ash and sulfate aerosol emissions. Using data from three volcanic eruptions that occurred in the span of approximately three weeks, the authors study the agreement of the complementary satellite data, reconstruct sulfate aerosol and volcanic ash clouds, visualize endangered flight routes, minimize occlusion in particle trajectory visualizations, and focus on the main pathways of sulfate aerosol into the stratosphere. This video provides animations of the reconstructed ash clouds. https://youtu.be/D9DvJ5AvZAs.
Year
Venue
Field
2016
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
Stratosphere,Meteorology,Computer vision,Atmosphere,Volcano,Air traffic control,Computer science,Sulfate aerosol,Atmospheric model,Artificial intelligence,Volcanic ash,Trajectory
DocType
Volume
Issue
Journal
36
3
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.34
2
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Tobias Günther112317.58
Maik Schulze2443.84
Anke Friederici310.68
Holger Theisel4147999.18