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Volcanic ash trajectories and their environmental impact
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Volcanic ash trajectories and their environmental impact
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Between April and June 2009 more than 30,000 earthquakes occurred beneath the Harrat Lunayyir lava fields of Saudi Arabia. The magnitude of 5.4 earthquake on May 19, 2010 in Al Ays prompted the government to evacuate 40,000 people from their homes.
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Study of the Al Ays region
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volcanic_ash_trajectories
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Phenomena that can adversely affect inhabitants, ecosystems, agriculture, traffic
Interdisciplinary problem - volcanology/meteorology and climatology/chemicals dispersion
Assessment of areas potentially endangered by VA even before the volcano erupts
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Volcanological research
High performance computing
Climatic downscaling
Coupling of meteorological and dispersion models with special focus to ash particles