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Article Dans Une Revue Geophysical Research Letters Année : 2022

Uncertainty Quantification of Eruption Source Parameters Estimated From Tephra Fall Deposits

R. Constantinescu
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J. T. White
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C. B. Connor
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A. Hopulele-Gligor
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S. Charbonnier
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J. M. Lindsay
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D. Bertin
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Uncertainty quantification (UQ) in eruption source parameters, like tephra volume, plume height, and umbrella cloud radius, is a challenge for volcano scientists because tephra deposits are often sparsely sampled due to burial, erosion, and related factors. We find that UQ is improved by coupling an advection-diffusion model with two Bayesian inversion approaches: (a) a robust but computationally expensive Generalized Likelihood Uncertainty Estimation algorithm, and (b) a more approximate but inexpensive parameter estimation algorithm combined with first-order, second-moment uncertainty estimation. We apply the two inversion methods to one sparsely sampled tephra fall unit from the 2070 BP El Misti (Peru) eruption and obtain: Tephra mass 0.78-1.4 × 1011 kg; umbrella cloud radius 4.5-16.5 km, and plume height 8-35 km (95% confidence intervals). These broad ranges demonstrate the significance of UQ for eruption classification based on mapped deposits, which has implications for hazard management.
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insu-03708903 , version 1 (29-06-2022)

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R. Constantinescu, J. T. White, C. B. Connor, A. Hopulele-Gligor, S. Charbonnier, et al.. Uncertainty Quantification of Eruption Source Parameters Estimated From Tephra Fall Deposits. Geophysical Research Letters, 2022, 49, ⟨10.1029/2021GL097425⟩. ⟨insu-03708903⟩
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