Electrification of Experimental Volcanic Jets with Varying Water Content and Temperature
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL084678
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Persistent URL: http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/9166
Stern, S.; Cimarelli, C.; Gaudin, D.; Scheu, B.; Dingwell, D.B., 2019: Electrification of Experimental Volcanic Jets with Varying Water Content and Temperature. In: Geophysical Research Letters, Band 46, 20: 11136 - 11145, DOI: 10.1029/2019GL084678.
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Volcanic lightning—a near ubiquitous feature of explosive volcanic eruptions—possesses great potential for the analysis of volcanic plume dynamics. To date, the lack of quantitative knowledge on the relationships between plume characteristics hinders efficient data analysis and application of the resulting parameterizations. We use a shock-tube apparatus for rapid decompression experiments to produce particle-laden jets. We have systematically and independently varied the water content (0–27 wt%) and the temperature (25–320 °C) of the particle-gas mixture. The addition of a few weight percent of water is sufficient to reduce the observed electrification by an order of magnitude. With increasing temperature, a larger number of smaller discharges are observed, with the overall amount of electrification staying similar. Changes in jet dynamics are proposed as the cause of the temperature-dependence, while multiple factors (including the higher conductivity of wet ash) can be seen responsible for the decreased electrification in wet experiments.
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volcanic lightningatmospheric electricity
Faraday cage
volcanic jets
temperature
water content
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