V44B
Volcano-Atmosphere Interactions I

Thursday, 17 December 2015: 16:00-18:00
306 (Moscone South)
Primary Conveners:  Kimberly D Genareau, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
Conveners:  Alexa R Van Eaton, USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, WA, United States, Sonja A Behnke, University of South Florida Tampa, Tampa, FL, United States and Larry G Mastin, USGS, Vancouver, WA, United States
Chairs:  Kimberly D Genareau1, Sonja A Behnke2, Alexa R Van Eaton3 and Larry G Mastin3, (1)University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States(2)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States(3)USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, WA, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Kimberly D Genareau, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
16:00
Volcanic Lightning: in nature and in the lab. (Invited) (61198)
Corrado Cimarelli, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany and VOlcanic Lightning Team (VOLT)
16:15
When do Volcanic Eruptions make Lightning? Observations from Sakurajima, Japan (82647)
Sonja A Behnke, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
16:30
The Chthonic Charging of Volcanic Flows: The Generation of Vent Lightning (Invited) (62030)
Joshua Méndez Harper and Josef Dufek, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Atlanta, GA, United States
16:45
The Evolving Structure of Young Volcanic Eruption Clouds (Invited) (67498)
Simon A Carn, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States and Marcus I Bursik, SUNY Buffalo, Department of Geology, Buffalo, NY, United States
17:00
Scaled Tests and Simulation of Triboelectric Charging and Arc Discharge in an Expanding Dust Plume (84145)
Jason Sears, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States
17:15
The Effects of Pulsating Flow on Eruption Column Dynamics (68112)
Taryn Black and Josef Dufek, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Atlanta, GA, United States
17:30
Towards probabilistic forecasts of volcanic ash transport in the atmosphere (68766)
Meelis Juma Zidikheri, Richard Dare, Rodney Potts and Christopher Lucas, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia
17:45
Experimental aggregation of volcanic ash: the role of liquid bonding (60739)
Sebastian Mueller1, Ulrich Kueppers2, Michael Jacob3, Paul M Ayris2 and Donald B Dingwell2, (1)Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany, (2)Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany, (3)Glatt Industries, Weimar, Germany