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  1. The radial spreading of volcanic umbrella clouds deduced from satellite measurements

    Article • Volcanica, January 2025, Volcanica

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  2. The 2019 Raikoke eruption as a testbed used by the Volcano Response group for rapid assessment of volcanic atmospheric impacts

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", May 2024, Copernicus GmbH

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  3. Applications of Ground-Based Infrared Cameras for Remote Sensing of Volcanic Plumes

    Article • Geosciences, March 2024, MDPI AG

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  4. The 2019 Raikoke eruption as a testbed for rapid assessment of volcanic atmospheric impacts by the Volcano Response group

    Article • June 2023, Copernicus GmbH

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  5. Surface-to-space atmospheric waves from Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption

    Article • May 2022, Wiley

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  6. Online treatment of eruption dynamics improves the volcanic ash and SO<sub>2</sub> dispersion forecast: case of the 2019 Raikoke eruption

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", March 2022, Copernicus GmbH

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  7. Tonga eruption triggered waves propagating globally from surface to edge of space

    Article • March 2022, Wiley

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  8. Online treatment of eruption dynamics improves the volcanic ash and SO<sub>2</sub> dispersion forecast: case of the Raikoke 2019 eruption

    Article • June 2021, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Akos Horvath, ALFREDO PRATA

  9. Tropospheric Volcanic SO2 Mass and Flux Retrievals from Satellite. The Etna December 2018 Eruption

    Article • Remote Sensing, June 2021, MDPI AG

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  10. Particle aging and aerosol–radiation interaction affect volcanic plume dispersion: evidence from the Raikoke 2019 eruption

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", December 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Akos Horvath, ALFREDO PRATA

  11. Detection and Avoidance of Atmospheric Aviation Hazards Using Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging

    Article • Remote Sensing, July 2020, MDPI AG

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  12. Particle Aging and Aerosol–Radiation Interaction Affect Volcanic Plume Dispersion: Evidence from Raikoke Eruption 2019

    Article • June 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Akos Horvath, ALFREDO PRATA

  13. GNSS Radio Occultation Advances the Monitoring of Volcanic Clouds: The Case of the 2008 Kasatochi Eruption

    Article • Remote Sensing, September 2019, MDPI AG

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  14. Passive Earth Observations of Volcanic Clouds in the Atmosphere

    Article • Atmosphere, April 2019, MDPI AG

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  15. First Observations of Volcanic Eruption Clouds From the L1 Earth-Sun Lagrange Point by DSCOVR/EPIC

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, October 2018, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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  16. Ash Metrics for European and Trans-Atlantic Air Routes During the Eyjafjallajökull Eruption 14 April to 23 May 2010

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, May 2018, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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  17. Atmospheric processes affecting the separation of volcanic ash and SO2 in volcanic eruptions: inferences from the May 2011 Grímsvötn eruption

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", September 2017, Copernicus GmbH

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  18. Retrieval of volcanic SO<sub>2</sub> from HIRS/2 using optimal estimation

    Article • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, July 2017, Copernicus GmbH

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  19. Atmospheric processes affecting the separation of volcanic ash and SO2 in volcanic eruptions: Inferences from the May 2011 Grímsvötn eruption

    Article • February 2017, Copernicus GmbH

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  20. Retrieval of volcanic SO2 from HIRS/2 using optimal estimation

    Article • February 2017, Copernicus GmbH

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  21. Supplementary material to "Atmospheric processes affecting the separation of volcanic ash and SO2 in volcanic eruptions: Inferences from the May 2011 Grímsvötn eruption"

    Article • February 2017, Copernicus GmbH

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  22. Data assimilation for volcanic ash plumes using a satellite observational operator: a case study on the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruption

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", January 2017, Copernicus GmbH

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  23. Satellite data assimilation to improve forecasts of volcanic ash concentrations

    Article • July 2016, Copernicus GmbH

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  24. Artificial cloud test confirms volcanic ash detection using infrared spectral imaging

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

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  25. Multi-decadal satellite measurements of global volcanic degassing

    Article • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, February 2016, Elsevier

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  26. Using data insertion with the NAME model to simulate the 8 May 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcanic ash cloud

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 2016, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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  27. First estimates of fumarolic SO 2 fluxes from Putana volcano, Chile, using an ultraviolet imaging camera

    Article • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, July 2015, Elsevier

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  28. Volcanic plume characteristics determined using an infrared imaging camera

    Article • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, July 2015, Elsevier

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  29. Extending the long-term record of volcanic SO2emissions with the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite nadir mapper

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, February 2015, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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  30. Stratospheric volcanic ash emissions from the 13 February 2014 Kelut eruption

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, January 2015, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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  31. Retrieval of sulfur dioxide from a ground-based thermal infrared imaging camera

    Article • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, September 2014, Copernicus GmbH

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  32. Field test of available methods to measure remotely SO<sub>x</sub> and NO<sub>x</sub> emissions from ships

    Article • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, August 2014, Copernicus GmbH

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  33. Measuring SO<sub>2</sub> ship emissions with an ultraviolet imaging camera

    Article • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, May 2014, Copernicus GmbH

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  34. Eyjafjallajökull volcanic ash concentrations determined using Spin Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager measurements

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, March 2012, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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  35. Performance assessment of a volcanic ash transport model mini-ensemble used for inverse modeling of the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, February 2012, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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  36. Uncertainties in the inverse modelling of sulphur dioxide eruption profiles

    Article • Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk, February 2012, Taylor & Francis

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  37. Long-range volcanic ash transport and fallout during the 2008 eruption of Chaitén volcano, Chile

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C, January 2012, Elsevier

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  38. A comparison of AIRS, MODIS and OMI sulphur dioxide retrievals in volcanic clouds

    Article • Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk, September 2011, Taylor & Francis

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  39. Uncertainties in the inverse modelling of sulphur dioxide eruption profiles

    Article • Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk, September 2011, Taylor & Francis

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  40. Sulphur dioxide as a volcanic ash proxy during the April–May 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, Iceland

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", July 2011, Copernicus GmbH

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  41. Determination of time- and height-resolved volcanic ash emissions and their use for quantitative ash dispersion modeling: the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", May 2011, Copernicus GmbH

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  42. Volcanic ash and SO2in the 2008 Kasatochi eruption: Retrievals comparison from different IR satellite sensors

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, December 2010, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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  43. Ash and sulfur dioxide in the 2008 eruptions of Okmok and Kasatochi: Insights from high spectral resolution satellite measurements

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, November 2010, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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  44. Remote sensing and inverse transport modeling of the Kasatochi eruption sulfur dioxide cloud

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, November 2010, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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  45. Retrieving radius, concentration, optical depth, and mass of different types of aerosols from high-resolution infrared nadir spectra

    Article • Applied Optics, June 2010, Optical Society of America (OSA)

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  46. Detection of volcanic SO2, ash, and H2SO4using the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI)

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, February 2010, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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  47. The infrared spectral signature of volcanic ash determined from high-spectral resolution satellite measurements

    Article • Remote Sensing of Environment, February 2010, Elsevier

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  48. Retrieval of volcanic ash particle size, mass and optical depth from a ground-based thermal infrared camera

    Article • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, September 2009, Elsevier

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  49. Aviation hazards from volcanoes: the state of the science

    Article • Natural Hazards, July 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

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  50. The Unexpected Awakening of Chaitén Volcano, Chile

    Article • Eos, June 2009, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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  51. Predicting and Validating the Tracking of a Volcanic Ash Cloud during the 2006 Eruption of Mt. Augustine Volcano

    Article • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, November 2008, American Meteorological Society

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  52. SO2 and ash plume retrievals using MSG-SEVIRI measurements. Test case: 24 November 2006 Mt. Etna eruption

    Article • November 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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  53. Circumpolar transport of a volcanic cloud from Hekla (Iceland)

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, July 2008, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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  54. Satellite detection of hazardous volcanic clouds and the risk to global air traffic

    Article • Natural Hazards, July 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

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  55. Retrieval of volcanic SO2column abundance from Atmospheric Infrared Sounder data

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, October 2007, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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  56. Development of an ultra-violet digital camera for volcanic SO2 imaging

    Article • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, March 2007, Elsevier

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  57. Simultaneous retrieval of volcanic ash and SO2using MSG-SEVIRI measurements

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, March 2007, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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  58. Estimation of dispersion coefficient in the troposphere from satellite images of volcanic plumes: Application to Mt. Etna, Italy

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, February 2006, Elsevier

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  59. Thermal infrared remote sensing of volcanic emissions using the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer

    Article • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, July 2004, Elsevier

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  60. Re-evaluation of SO2release of the 15 June 1991 Pinatubo eruption using ultraviolet and infrared satellite sensors

    Article • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, April 2004, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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  61. Surface temperature retrieval from Along Track Scanning Radiometer 2 data: Algorithms and validation

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 2004, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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  62. Atmospheric correction for satellite-based volcanic ash mapping and retrievals using “split window” IR data from GOES and AVHRR

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 2002, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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  63. Retrieval of microphysical and morphological properties of volcanic ash plumes from satellite data: Application to Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand

    Article • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, July 2001, Wiley

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  64. An ATSR-2 Mosaic Image of Australia

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, January 2001, Taylor & Francis

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  65. Observations of concentric ring clouds west of Australia

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, January 2001, Taylor & Francis

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  66. Difficulties Associated with the Application of Covariance–Variance Techniques to Retrieval of Atmospheric Water Vapor from Satellite Imagery

    Article • Remote Sensing of Environment, July 1999, Elsevier

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  67. An Assessment of the Accuracy of Land Surface Temperature Determination from the GMS-5 VISSR

    Article • Remote Sensing of Environment, January 1999, Elsevier

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  68. Comment on “Comparison of atmospheric correction models for thermal bands of the advanced very high resolution radiometer over FIFE” by S. N. Kalluri and R. O. Dubayah

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, March 1998, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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  69. Storm tracks on the Nullarbor Plain

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, November 1997, Taylor & Francis

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  70. Cloud-top height determination using ATSR data

    Article • Remote Sensing of Environment, January 1997, Elsevier

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  71. Satellite derived sea surface temperature data sets for climate applications

    Article • Advances in Space Research, January 1995, Elsevier

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  72. Land surface temperature determination from satellites

    Article • Advances in Space Research, March 1994, Elsevier

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  73. Nocturnal effects in the retrieval of land surface temperatures from satellite measurements

    Article • Remote Sensing of Environment, August 1993, Elsevier

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  74. The along track scanning radiometer — an analysis of coincident ship and satellite measurements

    Article • Advances in Space Research, May 1993, Elsevier

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  75. Identification of the Mount Hudson volcanic cloud over SE Australia

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, June 1992, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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  76. Cover Lake Eyre in flood

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, March 1992, Taylor & Francis

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  77. Satellite-derived evaporation from Lake Eyre, South Australia

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, November 1990, Taylor & Francis

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  78. Travelling waves in Nimbus-7 SBUV ozone measurements: Observations and theory

    Article • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, July 1990, Wiley

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  79. A satellite sensor image of the Leeuwin current, Western Australia

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, January 1990, Taylor & Francis

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  80. The along track scanning radiometer for ERS-1-scan geometry and data simulation

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, January 1990, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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  81. Infrared radiative transfer calculations for volcanic ash clouds

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, November 1989, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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  82. Observations of volcanic ash clouds in the 10-12 μm window using AVHRR/2 data

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, April 1989, Taylor & Francis

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  83. Comparison of NOAA/AVHRR-2 sea surface temperatures with surface measurements in coastal waters

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, January 1989, Taylor & Francis

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  84. UNUSUAL CLOUDS OVER PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

    Article • Weather, October 1986, Wiley

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  85. A ‘SATELLITE'S-EYE VIEW’ OF VOLCANOES ON THE LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS

    Article • Weather, August 1985, Wiley

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  86. Remote sensing of volcanic ash and sulfur dioxide

    Article • Cambridge University Press

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