Peer reviewed publications

In final preparation

Amigo A., Bonadonna, C., Phillips, J.C., and Watson I.M., Disperal and sedimentation of from volcanoes in the Chilean volcanic zone: comparing results from TEPHRA, HYSPLIT and a probabilistic single particle tracer model, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.

Durant, A., Harrison, S.P., Watson, I.M., Sensitivity of direct radiative forcing to dust particle characteristics, Progress in Physical Geography

Henney, L.A., Watson, I.M., Rodriguez, L.A., A Comparison of SO2 Retrieval Techniques using mini UV spectreometers and ASTER Imagery at Lascar Volcano, Chile, Geophysical Research Letters

Henney, L.A., Watson, I.M., Realmuto, V.J.R., The Use of ASTER to detect volcanic sulfur dioxide emissions from Fuego and Pacaya volcanoes, Guatemala, Remote Sensing of Environment.

Kearney C., Watson., I.M., Bluth, G.J.S., Carn, S., Realmuto, V.J., A comparision of thermal infrared and ultraviolet retreivals of SO2 in the cloud produced by the 2003 Al-Mishaq state sulfur plant fire, Remote Sensing of Environment.

Prata, A.J., Watson, I.M., Rose, W.I., Realmuto, V., Bluth, G.J.S., Sevranckx, R., Volcanic sulfur dioxide measurements derived from infrared satellite measurements, Journal of Geophysical Research.

Schneider, D.J.S., Watson, I.M., Rose, W.I., Volcanic ash clouds, Volcanoes of the North Pacific; Observations from Space, Chapter 5 (Springer - eds. Dean and Dehn).

Watson, I.M., Realmuto, V.J.R., Rose, W.I., Bluth, G.J.S., Forward modelling of volcanic cloud transmissions through different atmospheres, Journal of Geophysical Research

In review

Matiella-Novak, M.A., Watson I.M., Rose, W.I, Dean. K., Webley, P., Mitigating Hazards to Aircraft by Combining Infrared Satellite Data with Forward Volcanic Ash Transport Models –

A Case Study of the May 10, 2003 Anatahan Volcano Eruption, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Phillips, J.C., Yamamoto, H., Watson, I.M.,and Bluth, G.J.S., Ground-based measurement of ash distribution in volcanic plumes, Proceedings of the 7th International Congress of Industrial and Applied Mathematics

In press

[25] Kearney, C.S., Dean, K., Realmuto, V.J.R., Watson, I.M., Dehn, J., Observations of SO2 production and transport from Bezymianny volcano, Kamchatka using the Moderate Resolution Infrared Radiometer (MODIS), International Journal of Remote Sensing (Special Issue)

[24] McCarthy, E.B., Bluth, G.J.S., Watson, I.M., Tupper, A., Detection and analysis of the volcanic clouds associated with the August 18 and 28, 2000 eruptions of Miyakejima volcano, Japan, International Journal of Remote Sensing (Special Issue)

[23] Prata, A.J., Bluth, G.J.S., Carn, S.A., Realmuto, V.J.R., Watson, I.M., Gas emissions from volcanoes, Volcanoes of the North Pacific; Observations from Space, Chapter 6 (Springer - eds. Dean and Dehn)

[22] Watson I.M., and Prakash, A., Satellite systems and interactions, Volcanoes of the North Pacific; Observations from Space, Chapter 2, (Springer - eds. Dean and Dehn)

2008

[21] Rodriguez, L.A., Watson, I.M., Edmonds, M.E., Ryan, G., Hards, V., Oppenheimer, C.M.M., Bluth, G.J.S., SO2 loss rates in the plume emitted by Soufiere Hills volcano, Montserrat, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Volume 173, Issues 1-2, Pages 135-147

[20] Yamamoto, H., Watson, I.M., Phillips, J.C., and Bluth, G.J.S., Rise dynamics and ash absorbances in Vulcanian eruption plumes at Santiaguito volcano, Guatemala, revealed using a UV imaging camera, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L08812, doi:10.1029/2008GL033675

2007

[19] Matiella, M.A., Watson, I.M., Rose, W.I., Bluth, G.J.S., Volcanic Emissions from Popocatepetl, Mexico, Quantified using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) infrared data, accepted to Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research,

doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2007.09.010

[18] Branan, Y. K., Harris, A.J., Watson, I.M., Phillips, J.C., Horton, K., Williams-Jones, G., and Garbeil, H., Investigation of at-vent entrainment using thermal infrared radiometers at Masaya volcano, Nicaragua, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2007.07.021

[17] Bluth, G.J.S., Shannon, J.M., Watson, I.M., Prata A.F., and Realmuto V.J., 2007, Development of An Ultra-violet Digital Camera for Volcanic SO2 Imaging. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 161, 47-56.

2005

[16] Gu, Y, Rose, W.I., Schneider, D.J., Bluth, G.J.S., and Watson, I.M., 2005, Advantageous GOES IR results for ash mapping at high latitudes: Cleveland eruptions 2001, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol 32, L02305

2004

[15] Rose, W. I., Bluth, G. J. S., and Watson, I.M., 2004, Ice in volcanic clouds: When and Where?, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on volcanic ash and aviation safety, OFCM Washington, DC Session 3, p 27-33.

[14] Watson, I. M., Rose, W.I., and Bluth, G.J.S., 2004, Detecting ash clouds in tropical atmospheres, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on volcanic ash and aviation safety, OFCM Washington, DC Session 3, p 115-118.

[13] Guo S., Bluth G.J.S., Rose W.I., Watson I.M., and Prata A.J., 2004, Re-evaluation of SO2 release of the climatic June 15,1991 Pinatubo eruption using TOMS and TOVS/HIRS2 satellite data, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Vol. 5, No. 4

[12] Guo S., Bluth G.J.S., Rose W.I., Watson I.M., 2004, Particles in the great Pinatubo volcanic cloud of late June 1991: the role of ice, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Vol 5. No.5

[11] Watson, I.M., Realmuto, V.J., Rose, W.I., Prata, A.J., Bluth, G.J.S., Gu, Y., Yu, T., Thermal infrared remote sensing of volcanic emissions using the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), 2004, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Vol. 135, pp 75-89

[10] Rodriguez, L.A., Watson, I.M., Rose, W.I., Branan, Y.K., Bluth, G.J.S., Chigna, G, Matias, O.,Coy, A., Carn, S.A., Fischer, T., 2004, SO2 emissions to the atmosphere from active volcanoes in Northern Central America, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Vol., 138, Issues 3-4, pp 325-344

2003

[9] Carn, S.A., Krueger A.J., Bluth, G.J.S., Schaefer, S.J., Krotkov, N.A., Watson, I.M., Datta, S, 2003, Volcanic eruption detection by the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) instrument: a 22 year record of sulfur dioxide and ash emissions, Volcanic Degassing (eds Oppenheimer, Pyle and Barclay), Special Publication of the Royal Society, SP213, pp. 177- 203

[8] Rose, W. I., Gu, Y., Watson, I.M., Yu, T., Bluth, G.J.S., Prata, A.J., Krueger, A.J., Krotkov, N., Carn, S., Fromm, M.D., Hunton, D.E., Ernst, G.G.J., Viggiano, A.A., Miller, T.M., Ballentin, J.O., Reeves, J.M., Wilson, J.C., Anderson, B.E., Flittner, D. 2003, The February-March 2000 eruption of Hekla, Iceland from a satellite perspec¬tive, AGU Special Publication 139: Volcanism and the Atmosphere pp107-132, eds. A. Robock and C. Oppenheimer.

2001

[7] Watson, I.M., Oppenheimer, C., Photometric Observations of Mt. Etna's Different Aerosol Plumes, 2001, Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 35, No. 21, pp 3561-3572

2000

[6] Watson, I.M., Oppenheimer, C., Voight, B., Francis, P.W., Clarke, A., Stix, J., Miller, A., Pyle, D.M., Burton, M.R., Young, S.R., Norton, G., Loughlin, S., Darroux B., and MVO Staff, The Relationship Between Degassing and Ground Deformation at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat. 2000, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Vol. 98, No. 1-4, pp. 117-126

[5] Watson, I.M., Oppenheimer, C., Particle Size Distributions of Mt. Etna's Aerosol Plume Constrained by Sunphotometry. 2000. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, Vol. 105, No. D8, pp 9823 -9829

1999

[4] Voight, B., Sparks, R.S.J., Miller, A.D., Stewart, R.C., Hoblitt, R.P., Clarke, A., Ewart, J., Aspinall, W., Baptie, B., Druit, T.H., Herd, R., Jackson, P., Lockhart, A.B., Loughlin, S.C., Luckett, R., Lynch, L., McMahon, J., Norton, G.E., Robertson, R., Watson, I.M., Young, S.R., Magma flow instability and cyclic activity at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat B.W.I., 1999, Science, Vol. 283, No. 5405, pp. 1138-1142

[3] Watson, I.M., Oppenheimer, C., 1999, Remote sensing of the optical properties of tropospheric volcanic aerosol plumes, Journal of Aerosol Science, Vol. 30(1), pp. S561-S562.

1998

[2] Oppenheimer, C., Francis, P., Watson. I.M., Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometer (AVNIR) Observations of Mt. Etna's Aerosol Plume. 1998. International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 19 No. 15, pp. 2823-2828.

[1] Young, S.R., Francis, P.W., Barclay, J., Casadevall, T.J., Gardner, C.A., Darroux, B., Davies, M.A., Delmelle, P., Norton, G.E., Maciejewski, A.J.H., Oppenheimer, C.M.M., Stix, J., Watson, I.M., Monitoring SO2 emissions at the Soufriere Hills volcano: Implications for changes in eruptive conditions, 1998, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 25, No. 19, pp 3681-3684.