A volcanic-hazard demonstration exercise to assess and mitigate the impacts of volcanic ash clouds on civil and military aviation

Hirtl, Marcus; Arnold, Delia; Baro, Rocio; Brenot, Hugues; Coltelli, Mauro; Eschbacher, Kurt; Hard-Stremayer, Helmut; Lipok, Florian; Maurer, Christian; Meinhard, Dieter; Mona, Lucia; Mulder, Marie D.; Papagiannopoulos, Nikolaos; Pernsteiner, Michael; Plu, Matthieu; Robertson, Lennart; Rokitansky, Carl-Herbert; Scherllin-Pirscher, Barbara; Sievers, Klaus; Sofiev, Mikhail; Som de Cerff, Wim; Steinheimer, Martin; Stuefer, Martin; Theys, Nicolas; Uppstu, Andreas; Wagenaar, Saskia; Winkler, Roland; Wotawa, Gerhard; Zobl, Fritz; Zopp, Raimund

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-1719-2020

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Analysis and prediction of natural airborne aviation hazards

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12 Jun 2020

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| 12 Jun 2020

A volcanic-hazard demonstration exercise to assess and mitigate the impacts of volcanic ash clouds on civil and military aviation

Marcus Hirtl, Delia Arnold, Rocio Baro, Hugues Brenot, Mauro Coltelli, Kurt Eschbacher, Helmut Hard-Stremayer, Florian Lipok, Christian Maurer, Dieter Meinhard, Lucia Mona, Marie D. Mulder, Nikolaos Papagiannopoulos, Michael Pernsteiner, Matthieu Plu, Lennart Robertson, Carl-Herbert Rokitansky, Barbara Scherllin-Pirscher, Klaus Sievers, Mikhail Sofiev, Wim Som de Cerff, Martin Steinheimer, Martin Stuefer, Nicolas Theys, Andreas Uppstu, Saskia Wagenaar, Roland Winkler, Gerhard Wotawa, Fritz Zobl, and Raimund Zopp

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RC1: 'Major revision concerning flight optimisations', Tatjana Bolic, 14 Nov 2019
- AC1: 'Revision of the manuscript', Marcus Hirtl, 04 Feb 2020
RC2: 'Review - A volcanic hazard demonstration exercise to assess and mitigate the impacts of volcanic ash clouds on civil and military aviation', Andreas Vogel, 09 Dec 2019
- AC2: 'Revision of the paper', Marcus Hirtl, 04 Feb 2020

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (19 Feb 2020) by Matthias Themessl

AR by Marcus Hirtl on behalf of the Authors (06 Mar 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (11 Mar 2020) by Matthias Themessl

RR by Andreas Vogel (12 Mar 2020)

RR by Tatjana Bolic (14 May 2020)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (15 May 2020) by Matthias Themessl

AR by Marcus Hirtl on behalf of the Authors (15 May 2020) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

The paper summarizes the set-up and outcome of a volcanic-hazard demonstration exercise, with the goals of assessing and mitigating the impacts of volcanic ash clouds on civil and military aviation. Experts in the field simulated the sequence of procedures for an artificial eruption of the Etna volcano in Italy. The scope of the exercise ranged from the detection of the assumed event to the issuance of early warnings and optimized rerouting of flights.