On the interaction of Tropical Cyclone Flossie and emissions from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano

Pattantyus, A.

doi:10.1002/2014gl060033

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“…The above microphysical effect, known as aerosol convective invigoration [Koren et al, 2005], results in a potential sensitivity of lightning and storm vertical development to human activities, which have perturbed CCN concentrations on regional and global scales [Boucher and Lohmann, 1995;Pierce et al, 2007;Merikanto et al, 2009;Dunne et al, 2016]. Aerosol invigoration of storms is found using computer models of cloud systems [Fan et al, 2013;Mansell and Ziegler, 2013;Altaratz et al, 2014;Rosenfeld et al, 2014;Wang et al, 2014;Zhao et al, 2014;Guo et al, 2016], and observations often show positive correlations between cloud top height, and/or the lightning flash rate with aerosol optical depth (AOD), a proxy for CCN [Andreae, 2004], or with below-cloud particle number concentrations [Andreae, 2004;Koren et al, 2005;Bell et al, 2008Bell et al, , 2009Khain et al, 2008;Altaratz et al, 2010;Yuan et al, 2011;Li et al, 2011;Heiblum et al, 2012;Wall et al, 2014;Storer et al, 2014;Stolz et al, 2015;Pattantyus and Businger, 2014].…”

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Lightning enhancement over major oceanic shipping lanes

Thornton

Virts

Holzworth

et al. 2017

Geophysical Research Letters

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Using 12 years of high‐resolution global lightning stroke data from the World Wide Lightning Location Network (WWLLN), we show that lightning density is enhanced by up to a factor of 2 directly over shipping lanes in the northeastern Indian Ocean and the South China Sea as compared to adjacent areas with similar climatological characteristics. The lightning enhancement is most prominent during the convectively active season, November–April for the Indian Ocean and April–December in the South China Sea, and has been detectable from at least 2005 to the present. We hypothesize that emissions of aerosol particles and precursors by maritime vessel traffic lead to a microphysical enhancement of convection and storm electrification in the region of the shipping lanes. These persistent localized anthropogenic perturbations to otherwise clean regions are a unique opportunity to more thoroughly understand the sensitivity of maritime deep convection and lightning to aerosol particles.

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Lightning enhancement over major oceanic shipping lanes

Thornton

Virts

Holzworth

et al. 2017

Geophysical Research Letters

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Long-term observation of electrical discharges during persistent Vulcanian activity

Vossen

Cimarelli

Bennett

et al. 2021

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

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Observing and Forecasting Vog Dispersion from Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaii

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Pattantyus

Horton

et al. 2015

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

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Emissions from Kīlauea volcano, known locally as “vog” for volcanic smog, pose significant environmental and health risks to the Hawaiian community. The Vog Measurement and Prediction (VMAP) project was conceived to help mitigate the negative impacts of Kīlauea’s emissions. To date, the VMAP project has achieved the following milestones: i) created a custom application of the Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory model (HYSPLIT, hereafter Vog model) to produce statewide forecasts of the concentration and dispersion of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and sulfate aerosol from Kīlauea volcano; ii) developed an ultraviolet (UV) spectrometer array to provide near-real-time volcanic gas emission rate measurements for use as input into the Vog model; iii) developed and deployed a stationary array of ambient SO2 and meteorological sensors to record the spatial characteristics of Kīlauea’s gas plume in high temporal and spatial resolution for model verification; and iv) developed web-based tools to facilitate the dissemination of observations and model forecasts to provide guidance for safety officials and the public, and to raise awareness of the potential hazards of volcanic emissions to respiratory health, agriculture, and general aviation. Wind fields and thermodynamic data from the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model provide input to the Vog model, with a statewide grid spacing of 3 km and a 1-km grid covering the island of Hawaii. Validation of the Vog model forecasts is accomplished with reference to data from Hawaii State Department of Health ground-based air quality monitors. VMAP results show that this approach can provide useful guidance for the people of Hawaii.

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On the interaction of Tropical Cyclone Flossie and emissions from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano

Cited by 3 publications

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Lightning enhancement over major oceanic shipping lanes

Lightning enhancement over major oceanic shipping lanes

Long-term observation of electrical discharges during persistent Vulcanian activity

Observing and Forecasting Vog Dispersion from Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaii

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