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Volcanic ash and other aerosols such as desert dust form significant hazards for aviation and can cause both direct safety threats and significant economic losses. However, forecasts of aviation hazards have generally been deterministic, although the available computational resources would easily allow for them to be ensemble-based. In principle, ensemble-based forecasts can enable more accurate error estimates and thus an improved risk management framework. Advanced data assimilation methods, such the Ensemble Kalman Filter, coupled with a meteorological forecast ensemble, provide increased accuracy and the possibility to estimate the source term by taking into account its correlation with the observed ash concentration.
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The authors acknowledge funding from the EUNADICS-AV and the Nordic Centre of Excellence EmblA projects. Initial volcano model development was performed with support from the VAST and SMASH projects of the European Space Agency (ESA).
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Uppstu, A., Vira, J., Sofiev, M. (2020). Ensemble-Based Data Assimilation and Forecasting of Volcanic Ash. In: Mensink, C., Gong, W., Hakami, A. (eds) Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXVI. ITM 2018. Springer Proceedings in Complexity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22055-6_38
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