Understanding the environmental impacts of large fissure eruptions: Aerosol and gas emissions from the 2014-2015 Holuhraun eruption (Iceland)
Understanding the environmental impacts of large fissure eruptions: Aerosol and gas emissions from the 2014-2015 Holuhraun eruption (Iceland)
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DOI:
10.1016/j.epsl.2017.05.025
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发表时间:
2017-08-15
影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
Edmonds, Marie
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作者:
Ilyinskaya, Evgenia;Schmidt, Anja;Edmonds, Marie
The 2014-2015 Holuhraun eruption in Iceland, emitted similar to 11 Tg of SO2 into the troposphere over 6 months, and caused one of the most intense and widespread volcanogenic air pollution events in centuries. This study provides a number of source terms for characterisation of plumes in large fissure eruptions, in Iceland and elsewhere. We characterised the chemistry of aerosol particle matter (PM) and gas in the Holuhraun plume, and its evolution as the plume dispersed, both via measurements and modelling. The plume was sampled at the eruptive vent, and in two populated areas in Iceland. The plume caused repeated air pollution events, exceeding hourly air quality standards (350 mu g/m(3)) for SO2 on 88 occasions in Reykjahlio town (100 km distance), and 34 occasions in Reykjavik capital area (250 km distance). Average daily concentration of volcanogenic PM sulphate exceeded 5 mu g/m(3) on 30 days in Reykjavik capital area, which is the maximum concentration measured during non-eruptive background interval. There are currently no established air quality standards for sulphate. Combining the results from direct sampling and dispersion modelling, we identified two types of plume impacting the downwind populated areas. The first type was characterised by high concentrations of both SO2 and S-bearing PM, with a high S-gas/S-PM mass ratio (SO2(g)/SO4(pm)2- > 10). The second type had a low S-gas/S-PM ratio (