PUFF: A Lagrangian Trajectory Volcanic Ash Tracking Model
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Feb 19 2001
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Ash Initialization
Collection of
N
ash particles =
f(lat,lon,z,t,size)
lat,lon:
centered at volcano site
z:
randomly distributed to some user-specified height
t (age):
used to randomly release particles during the requested eruption duration (may or may not be equal to the simulation duration)
size:
randomly distributed about some predefined mean size
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Craig Searcy, National Weather Service, Anchorage Forecast Office
Last modified: Fri Jun 15 10:25:43 AKDT 2001
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