Articles | Volume 17, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-1187-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-1187-2017
Research article
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25 Jan 2017
Research article |  | 25 Jan 2017

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

Guangliang Fu, Fred Prata, Hai Xiang Lin, Arnold Heemink, Arjo Segers, and Sha Lu

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AR by Guangliang Fu on behalf of the Authors (05 Oct 2016)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (07 Oct 2016) by Thomas von Clarmann (deceased)
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (15 Oct 2016)
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (18 Oct 2016)
RR by Anonymous Referee #4 (31 Oct 2016)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (04 Nov 2016) by Thomas von Clarmann (deceased)
AR by Guangliang Fu on behalf of the Authors (30 Nov 2016)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (02 Dec 2016) by Thomas von Clarmann (deceased)
RR by Anonymous Referee #4 (13 Dec 2016)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (13 Dec 2016) by Thomas von Clarmann (deceased)
AR by Guangliang Fu on behalf of the Authors (19 Dec 2016)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 Dec 2016) by Thomas von Clarmann (deceased)
RR by Matthew Toohey (04 Jan 2017)
ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (05 Jan 2017) by Thomas von Clarmann (deceased)
AR by Guangliang Fu on behalf of the Authors (05 Jan 2017)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (09 Jan 2017) by Thomas von Clarmann (deceased)
AR by Guangliang Fu on behalf of the Authors (10 Jan 2017)
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Short summary
A Satellite Observational Operator (SOO) is proposed to translates satellite-retrieved 2-D volcanic ash mass loadings to 3-D concentrations. The SOO makes the analysis step of assimilation comparable in the 3-D model space, and thus it avoids the artificial vertical correlations by not involving the integral operator in directly assimilating 2-D data. The results show that satellite data assimilation with SOO can efficiently improve the estimate of volcanic ash state and the forecast.
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