Matlab code and data for the Modelling Volcanic Plumes computer session
1st International Training School on Convective and volcanic clouds detection, monitoring and modeling

The code and data provided here are for use during the computer session on volcanic plumes at the 1st International Training School on Convective and volcanic clouds detection, monitoring and modelling.

The exercises for this session can be found here.

These exercises were written by Mark Woodhouse, University of Bristol. The author retains the copyright to these exercises (2 October 2015).

Matlab code for Part 1

Here is the matlab function PurePlume.m that solves the system of ordinary differential equations for a pure plume with a point source of buoyancy.

Atmospheric data for Part 2

Part 2 of the exercises uses the PlumeRise web-tool. The atmospheric data provided here is used in the exercises for Part 2.

Model atmospheres for Exercise 2.3

Tropical

Mid-latitude summer

Mid-latitude winter

Subartic summer

Subartic winter

Atmospheric data for Exercise 2.5: Pinatubo 1991

Pinatubo 15-06-1991

Atmospheric data for Exercise 2.6: Eyjafjallajokull 2010

Eyjafjallajokull 14--17 April 2010

Other atmospheric data

Iceland 1200 on 11-05-2010

Iceland 1200 on 21-05-2011

Iceland 0000 on 22-05-2011

Chile 22-23 April 2015

Other atmospheric soundings can be downloaded from the Wyoming weather web repository.

Information on volcanic eruptions can be found on the Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program database

This page, the exercises in ComputerPlumes.pdf and the file PurePlume.m are Copyright © 2015 Mark Woodhouse.