Geoscientific Model Development
Geoscientific Model Development
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Articles | Volume 14, issue 1
Articles | Volume 14, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-409-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-409-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 14, issue 1
Model evaluation paper
 | 
25 Jan 2021
Model evaluation paper |  | 25 Jan 2021

FALL3D-8.0: a computational model for atmospheric transport and deposition of particles, aerosols and radionuclides – Part 2: Model validation

Andrew T. Prata, Leonardo Mingari, Arnau Folch, Giovanni Macedonio, and Antonio Costa

Model code and software

FALL3D (Version 8.0.1) Arnau Folch https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4434649

Video supplement

FALL3D-8.0 volcanic ash data insertion simulations for the 2011 Puyehue-Cordón Caulle (Chile) eruption Andrew T. Prata, Leonardo Mingari, Arnau Folch, Giovanni Macedonio, and Antonio Costa https://doi.org/10.5446/47095

FALL3D-8.0 volcanic SO2 data insertion simulations for the 2019 Raikoke (Russia) eruption Andrew T. Prata, Leonardo Mingari, Arnau Folch, Giovanni Macedonio, and Antonio Costa https://doi.org/10.5446/47096

FALL3D-8.0 volcanic ash simulations for the 2013 Mt Etna (Italy) eruption Andrew T. Prata, Leonardo Mingari, Arnau Folch, Giovanni Macedonio, and Antonio Costa https://doi.org/10.5446/47097

FALL3D-8.0 Cs-134 radionuclide simulations for the 1986 Chernobyl (Ukraine) nuclear accident Andrew T. Prata, Leonardo Mingari, Arnau Folch, Giovanni Macedonio, and Antonio Costa https://doi.org/10.5446/47098

FALL3D-8.0 Cs-137 radionuclide simulations for the 1986 Chernobyl (Ukraine) nuclear accident Andrew T. Prata, Leonardo Mingari, Arnau Folch, Giovanni Macedonio, and Antonio Costa https://doi.org/10.5446/47099

FALL3D-8.0 I-131 radionuclide simulations for the 1986 Chernobyl (Ukraine) nuclear accident Andrew T. Prata, Leonardo Mingari, Arnau Folch, Giovanni Macedonio, and Antonio Costa https://doi.org/10.5446/47100

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This paper presents FALL3D-8.0, the latest version release of an open-source code with a track record of 15+ years and a growing number of users in the volcanological and atmospheric communities. The code, originally conceived for atmospheric dispersal and deposition of tephra particles, has been extended to model other types of particles, aerosols and radionuclides. This paper details new model applications and validation of FALL3D-8.0 using satellite, ground-deposit load and radionuclide data.
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