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Visualizing Volcanic Clouds in the Atmosphere and their Impact on Air Traffic

Tobias Günther, Maik Schulze, Anke Friederici and Holger Theisel

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 2016

Abstract

Volcanic eruptions are not only hazardous in the direct vicinity of a volcano, but also affect the climate and air travel at larger distance. In this paper, we present our results on 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. In particular, we shed light on the Grímsvötn, Puyehue-Cordón Caulle and Nabro eruptions in 2011. We 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 finally focus on the main pathways of Nabro's sulfate aerosol into the stratosphere.

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BibTeX

@article{Guenther16CGA,
  author = {G{\"u}nther, Tobias and Schulze, Maik and Friederici, Anke and Theisel, Holger},
  title = {Visualizing Volcanic Clouds in the Atmosphere and their Impact on Air Traffic},
  journal = {IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications},
  volume = {36},
  number = {3},
  pages = {36--47},
  year = {2016},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  doi = {10.1109/MCG.2015.121},
}