Zhang, H.; Zhu, K.; Cheng, Y.; Marchetti, D.; Chen, W.; Fan, M.; Wang, S.; Wang, T.; Zhang, D.; Zhang, Y. Atmospheric and Ionospheric Effects of La Palma Volcano 2021 Eruption. Atmosphere2023, 14, 1198.
Zhang, H.; Zhu, K.; Cheng, Y.; Marchetti, D.; Chen, W.; Fan, M.; Wang, S.; Wang, T.; Zhang, D.; Zhang, Y. Atmospheric and Ionospheric Effects of La Palma Volcano 2021 Eruption. Atmosphere 2023, 14, 1198.
Zhang, H.; Zhu, K.; Cheng, Y.; Marchetti, D.; Chen, W.; Fan, M.; Wang, S.; Wang, T.; Zhang, D.; Zhang, Y. Atmospheric and Ionospheric Effects of La Palma Volcano 2021 Eruption. Atmosphere2023, 14, 1198.
Zhang, H.; Zhu, K.; Cheng, Y.; Marchetti, D.; Chen, W.; Fan, M.; Wang, S.; Wang, T.; Zhang, D.; Zhang, Y. Atmospheric and Ionospheric Effects of La Palma Volcano 2021 Eruption. Atmosphere 2023, 14, 1198.
Abstract
On 19 September 2021, La Palma volcano (Canarias Archipelagos) started an eruption that persisted until 13 December 2021. Despite the Volcano Explosive Index (VEI) being estimated equal to 3, corresponding to not so powerful eruption, the long eruption activity posed much scientific in-terest in this natural hazard event. In this paper, we searched for possible effects of this eruption on the atmosphere and ionosphere, investigating the climatological archive and Swarm magnetic satellite data. In particular, we explored Aerosol, Sulphur Dioxide and Carbon Monoxide con-centrations in the atmosphere identifying both the direct emissions from the volcano as well as the plume that drifted toward West-South-West and was reinforced during the eruption period. The vertical profile of temperature from the Saber satellite was analysed to search for the possible presence of acoustic gravity waves induced by volcanic activity. Compared with the year before without eruption in the areas, a lot of Saber profiles present an Energy Potential very much higher than the previous year, proposing the presence of Acoustic Gravity Waves (AGW) induced by volcano eruption activity. We also identified Swarm magnetic disturbances on the day of the eruption and in November. The mechanism of coupling could be different for the latter one, as there is no evidence for AGW. They may be due to a more complex of physical and chemical al-terations that propagate from the lower atmosphere to the upper one into the ionosphere.
Keywords
La Palma; volcano eruption; lithosphere; atmosphere; ionosphere; AGW; LAIC
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Geophysics and Geology
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