Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
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Articles | Volume 13, issue 6
Articles | Volume 13, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-3303-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-3303-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 13, issue 6
Research article
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22 Jun 2020
Research article |  | 22 Jun 2020

Can statistics of turbulent tracer dispersion be inferred from camera observations of SO2 in the ultraviolet? A modelling study

Arve Kylling, Hamidreza Ardeshiri, Massimo Cassiani, Anna Solvejg Dinger, Soon-Young Park, Ignacio Pisso, Norbert Schmidbauer, Kerstin Stebel, and Andreas Stohl

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Statistics of turbulent tracer dispersion from UV camera observations of SO2 A. Kylling, H. Ardeshiri, M. Cassiani, S.-Y. Park, and A. Stohl https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3898174

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Atmospheric turbulence and its effect on tracer dispersion in particular may be measured by cameras sensitive to the absorption of ultraviolet (UV) sunlight by sulfur dioxide (SO2). Using large eddy simulation and 3D Monte Carlo radiative transfer modelling of a SO2 plume, we demonstrate that UV camera images of SO2 plumes may be used to derive plume statistics of relevance for the study of atmospheric turbulent dispersion.
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