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JOURNAL OF VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH
Volume 303, Issue -, Pages 187-192Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2015.07.006
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Dispersion modelling; Source term estimation; Smell threshold; Bardarbunga; SO2; H2S
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- Swedish Ministry of Defence on behalf of the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute for the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency
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On Sep 9 2014 several incidences of foul smell (rotten eggs) were reported on the coast of Norway (in particular in the vicinity of Molde) and then on Sep 10 in the interior parts of county Vasterbotten, Sweden. One of the theories that were put forward was that the foul smell was due to degassing of the Bardarbunga volcano on Iceland. Using satellite images (GOME-1,-2) of the sulphur dioxide, SO2, contents in the atmosphere surrounding Iceland to estimate flux of SO2 from the volcano and an atmospheric transport model, PELLO, we vindicate this theory: we argue that the cause for the foul smell was hydrogen sulphide originating from Bardarbunga. The model concentrations are also compared to SO2 concentration measurements from Muonio, Finland. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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