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 parametersPuff size and grain sizeScaled puff

( = 4 Kt)1630MetersPuff mass363*TonsPuff mass17805Tons
346 m2/sSVO est.1697*TonsScaled 2424m2/s
Correl.98%e-(r/a)2Total rad3357*mTotal rad8886m
St error 984gr/m3Visible rad1660*mVisible 4395m
Center 15081gr/m3Eff. rad1791*mEff. Rad4740m
Aerosol21%  m  m  m  m  m  m
10,14,71,413,26,21,8

Three explosions, 831 + 722 + 144 = 1697 tons 15.1.2013 09:50–9:52.