UNIDEF   23986
UNIDAD DE INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO ESTRATEGICO PARA LA DEFENSA
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
The Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcanic Eruption, June 2011: Water Vapor, Atmospheric Boundary Layer and Aerosol Temporal Evolution in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Autor/es:
LIDIA ANA OTERO; PABLO ROBERTO RISTORI; JUAN PALLOTTA; EZEQUIEL PAWELKO; EDUARDO QUEL
Lugar:
La Paz
Reunión:
Workshop; VI Workshop on Lidar Measurements in Latin America; 2011
Institución organizadora:
Atmospheric Physics Laboratory of the Institute of Physical Research at University of San Andrés (LFA-UMSA)
Resumen:
The 4th June 2011 a volcano eruption in the Puyehue Cordón Caulle chain in the south central region of Chile released an important amount of ash to the atmosphere. The cloud reached Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, South Africa and Australia
blocking the aerial transport. A multiwavelength backscatter Raman
LIDAR, developed and operational in Buenos Aires, at the Centro de
Investigaciones en Láseres y Aplicaciones, CEILAP (CITEDEF-CONICET),
(34.5° S, 58.5° W) observed this event as well as satellites and
ground-based systems of this monitoring station. This lidar, is a
tripled Nd:YAG laser, collecting the nitrogen Raman backscattered
returns from nitrogen at visible and ultraviolet wavelengths to retrieve
the aerosol extinction and Ångström coefficient vertical distribution.
It also measures the water vapor mixing ratio profile at the
corresponding Raman-shifted backscattered return. Additional information
such as satellite imaging, backtrayectories (HYSPLIT model) and AERONET
aerosol optical depth were included on this study.