Research Article
Airborne Measurement in the Ash Plume from Mount Sakurajima: Analysis of Gravitational Effects on Dispersion and Fallout
Table 2
Diffusion properties and scaling of puff number 1.
| Diffusion parameters | Puff size and grain size | Scaled puff |
| ( = 4 Kt) | 1630 | Meters | Puff mass | 363* | Tons | Puff mass | 17805 | Tons | | 346 | m2/s | SVO est. | 1697* | Tons | Scaled | 2424 | m2/s | Correl. | 98% | e-(r/a)2 | Total rad | 3357* | m | Total rad | 8886 | m | St error | 984 | gr/m3 | Visible rad | 1660* | m | Visible | 4395 | m | Center | 15081 | gr/m3 | Eff. rad | 1791* | m | Eff. Rad | 4740 | m | Aerosol | 21 | % | m | m | m | m | m | m | | | | 10,1 | 4,7 | 1,4 | 13,2 | 6,2 | 1,8 |
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Three explosions, 831 + 722 + 144 = 1697 tons 15.1.2013 09:50–9:52.
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