Alexa Van Eaton

About

Volcanologist at the U.S. Geological Survey Cascades Volcano Observatory

Work

U.S. Geological Survey

Research Geologist

Feb 2017→ Present

U.S. Geological Survey

Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow

Jan 2015→ Jan 2017

Arizona State University

NSF EAR Postdoctoral Fellow

Jan 2013→ Jan 2015

Education

Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand

Jan 2013→ Jan 2015

PhD

University of Florida

United States of America

Jan 2013→ Jan 2015

B.S., Geology

Publications

A One-Dimensional Volcanic Plume Model for Predicting Ash Aggregation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Jan 2023

journal-article

Ash aggregate-rich pyroclastic density currents of the 431 CE Tierra Blanca Joven eruption, Ilopango caldera, El Salvador

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Jan 2023

journal-article

Dynamics of the December 2020 Ash-Poor Plume Formed by Lava-Water Interaction at the Summit of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaiʻi

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Jan 2023

journal-article

Flow Development and Entrainment in Turbulent Particle-Laden Jets

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Jan 2023

journal-article

Lightning Rings and Gravity Waves: Insights Into the Giant Eruption Plume From Tonga's Hunga Volcano on 15 January 2022

Geophysical Research Letters

Jan 2023

journal-article

New Insights Into the Relationship Between Mass Eruption Rate and Volcanic Column Height Based On the IVESPA Data Set

Geophysical Research Letters

Jan 2023

journal-article

Remote Characterization of the 12 January 2020 Eruption of Taal Volcano, Philippines, Using Seismo-Acoustic, Volcanic Lightning, and Satellite Observations

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Jan 2023

journal-article

Understanding and modeling tephra transport: lessons learned from the 18 May 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens

Bulletin of Volcanology

Jan 2023

journal-article

Spatial analysis of globally detected volcanic lightning from the June 2019 eruption of Raikoke volcano, Kuril Islands

Volcanica

Jan 2022

journal-article

Discriminating Types of Volcanic Electrical Activity: Toward an Eruption Detection Algorithm

Geophysical Research Letters

Jan 2022

journal-article

Growth of complex volcanic ash aggregates in the Tierra Blanca Joven eruption of Ilopango Caldera, El Salvador

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Jan 2022

journal-article

Volcanic electrification: recent advances and future perspectives

Bulletin of Volcanology

Jan 2022

journal-article

Impulsive Volcanic Plumes Generate Volcanic Lightning and Vent Discharges: A Statistical Analysis of Sakurajima Volcano in 2015

Geophysical Research Letters

Jan 2021

journal-article

The Independent Volcanic Eruption Source Parameter Archive (IVESPA, version 1.0): A new observational database to support explosive eruptive column model validation and development

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Jan 2021

journal-article

Combining ash analyses with remote sensing to identify juvenile magma involvement and fragmentation mechanisms during the 2018/19 small eruption of Peteroa volcano (Southern Andes)

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Jan 2020

journal-article

A Physical Model for Volcanic Eruption Tremor

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Jan 2020

journal-article

Characteristics of thunder and electromagnetic pulses from volcanic lightning at Bogoslof volcano, Alaska

Bulletin of Volcanology

Jan 2020

journal-article

Comparing simulations of umbrella-cloud growth and ash transport with observations from pinatubo, kelud, and calbuco volcanoes

Atmosphere

Jan 2020

journal-article

Constraints on eruption processes and event masses for the 2016–2017 eruption of Bogoslof volcano, Alaska, through evaluation of IASI satellite SO₂ masses and complementary datasets

Bulletin of Volcanology

Jan 2020

journal-article

Did ice-charging generate volcanic lightning during the 2016–2017 eruption of Bogoslof volcano, Alaska?

Bulletin of Volcanology

Jan 2020

journal-article

Operational modelling of umbrella cloud growth in a Lagrangian volcanic ash transport and dispersion model

Atmosphere

Jan 2020

journal-article

Satellite observations of the 2016–2017 eruption of Bogoslof volcano: aviation and ash fallout hazard implications from a water-rich eruption

Bulletin of Volcanology

Jan 2020

journal-article

Seismo-acoustic evidence for vent drying during shallow submarine eruptions at Bogoslof volcano, Alaska

Bulletin of Volcanology

Jan 2020

journal-article

Modeling Ash Dispersal From Future Eruptions of Taupo Supervolcano

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Jan 2019

journal-article

Laboratory Experiments of Volcanic Ash Resuspension by Wind

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Jan 2019

journal-article

Globally detected volcanic lightning and umbrella dynamics during the 2014 eruption of Kelud, Indonesia

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Jan 2019

journal-article

Correlating the electrification of volcanic plumes with ashfall textures at Sakurajima Volcano, Japan

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Jan 2018

journal-article

Investigating the Origin of Continual Radio Frequency Impulses During Explosive Volcanic Eruptions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Jan 2018

journal-article

Isotopic insights into the degassing and secondary hydration of volcanic glass from the 1980 eruptions of Mount St. Helens

Bulletin of Volcanology

Jan 2018

journal-article

Volcanic Hail Detected With GPS: The 2011 Eruption of Grímsvötn Volcano, Iceland

Geophysical Research Letters

Jan 2018

journal-article

Volcanic Thunder From Explosive Eruptions at Bogoslof Volcano, Alaska

Geophysical Research Letters

Jan 2018

journal-article

New Zealand supereruption provides time marker for the Last Glacial Maximum in Antarctica

Scientific Reports

Jan 2017

journal-article

Volcanic tremor and plume height hysteresis from Pavlof Volcano, Alaska

Science

Jan 2017

journal-article

Adjusting particle-size distributions to account for aggregation in tephra-deposit model forecasts

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Jan 2016

journal-article

Inter-comparison of three-dimensional models of volcanic plumes

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Jan 2016

journal-article

Monogenetic volcanoes fed by interconnected dikes and sills in the Hopi Buttes volcanic field, Navajo Nation, USA

Bulletin of Volcanology

Jan 2016

journal-article

Results of the eruptive column model inter-comparison study

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Jan 2016

journal-article

Volcanic lightning and plume behavior reveal evolving hazards during the April 2015 eruption of Calbuco volcano, Chile

Geophysical Research Letters

Jan 2016

journal-article

Eruptive and environmental processes recorded by diatoms in volcanically dispersed lake sediments from the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand

Journal of Paleolimnology

Jan 2015

journal-article

Hail formation triggers rapid ash aggregation in volcanic plumes

Nature Communications

Jan 2015

journal-article

Phreatomagmatic and Related Eruption Styles

The Encyclopedia of Volcanoes

Jan 2015

book-chapter

Modeling ash fall distribution from a Yellowstone supereruption

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Jan 2014

journal-article

The nature, origins and distribution of ash aggregates in a large-scale wet eruption deposit: Oruanui, New Zealand

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Jan 2013

journal-article

High-flying diatoms: Widespread dispersal of microorganisms in an explosive volcanic eruption

Geology

Jan 2013

journal-article

Ascent dynamics of large phreatomagmatic eruption clouds: The role of microphysics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Jan 2012

journal-article

Growth of volcanic ash aggregates in the presence of liquid water and ice: An experimental approach

Bulletin of Volcanology

Jan 2012

journal-article

A novel application of radionuclides for dating sediment cores from sandy, anthropogenically disturbed estuaries

Marine and Freshwater Research

Jan 2010

journal-article

Alexa Van Eaton

About

Work

U.S. Geological Survey

U.S. Geological Survey

Arizona State University

Education

Victoria University of Wellington

University of Florida

Publications

A One-Dimensional Volcanic Plume Model for Predicting Ash Aggregation

Ash aggregate-rich pyroclastic density currents of the 431 CE Tierra Blanca Joven eruption, Ilopango caldera, El Salvador

Dynamics of the December 2020 Ash-Poor Plume Formed by Lava-Water Interaction at the Summit of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaiʻi

Flow Development and Entrainment in Turbulent Particle-Laden Jets

Lightning Rings and Gravity Waves: Insights Into the Giant Eruption Plume From Tonga's Hunga Volcano on 15 January 2022

New Insights Into the Relationship Between Mass Eruption Rate and Volcanic Column Height Based On the IVESPA Data Set

Remote Characterization of the 12 January 2020 Eruption of Taal Volcano, Philippines, Using Seismo-Acoustic, Volcanic Lightning, and Satellite Observations

Understanding and modeling tephra transport: lessons learned from the 18 May 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens

Spatial analysis of globally detected volcanic lightning from the June 2019 eruption of Raikoke volcano, Kuril Islands

Discriminating Types of Volcanic Electrical Activity: Toward an Eruption Detection Algorithm

Growth of complex volcanic ash aggregates in the Tierra Blanca Joven eruption of Ilopango Caldera, El Salvador

Volcanic electrification: recent advances and future perspectives

Impulsive Volcanic Plumes Generate Volcanic Lightning and Vent Discharges: A Statistical Analysis of Sakurajima Volcano in 2015

The Independent Volcanic Eruption Source Parameter Archive (IVESPA, version 1.0): A new observational database to support explosive eruptive column model validation and development

Combining ash analyses with remote sensing to identify juvenile magma involvement and fragmentation mechanisms during the 2018/19 small eruption of Peteroa volcano (Southern Andes)

A Physical Model for Volcanic Eruption Tremor

Characteristics of thunder and electromagnetic pulses from volcanic lightning at Bogoslof volcano, Alaska

Comparing simulations of umbrella-cloud growth and ash transport with observations from pinatubo, kelud, and calbuco volcanoes

Constraints on eruption processes and event masses for the 2016–2017 eruption of Bogoslof volcano, Alaska, through evaluation of IASI satellite SO2 masses and complementary datasets

Did ice-charging generate volcanic lightning during the 2016–2017 eruption of Bogoslof volcano, Alaska?

Operational modelling of umbrella cloud growth in a Lagrangian volcanic ash transport and dispersion model

Satellite observations of the 2016–2017 eruption of Bogoslof volcano: aviation and ash fallout hazard implications from a water-rich eruption

Seismo-acoustic evidence for vent drying during shallow submarine eruptions at Bogoslof volcano, Alaska

Modeling Ash Dispersal From Future Eruptions of Taupo Supervolcano

Laboratory Experiments of Volcanic Ash Resuspension by Wind

Globally detected volcanic lightning and umbrella dynamics during the 2014 eruption of Kelud, Indonesia

Correlating the electrification of volcanic plumes with ashfall textures at Sakurajima Volcano, Japan

Investigating the Origin of Continual Radio Frequency Impulses During Explosive Volcanic Eruptions

Isotopic insights into the degassing and secondary hydration of volcanic glass from the 1980 eruptions of Mount St. Helens

Volcanic Hail Detected With GPS: The 2011 Eruption of Grímsvötn Volcano, Iceland

Volcanic Thunder From Explosive Eruptions at Bogoslof Volcano, Alaska

New Zealand supereruption provides time marker for the Last Glacial Maximum in Antarctica

Volcanic tremor and plume height hysteresis from Pavlof Volcano, Alaska

Adjusting particle-size distributions to account for aggregation in tephra-deposit model forecasts

Inter-comparison of three-dimensional models of volcanic plumes

Monogenetic volcanoes fed by interconnected dikes and sills in the Hopi Buttes volcanic field, Navajo Nation, USA

Results of the eruptive column model inter-comparison study

Volcanic lightning and plume behavior reveal evolving hazards during the April 2015 eruption of Calbuco volcano, Chile

Eruptive and environmental processes recorded by diatoms in volcanically dispersed lake sediments from the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand

Hail formation triggers rapid ash aggregation in volcanic plumes

Phreatomagmatic and Related Eruption Styles

Modeling ash fall distribution from a Yellowstone supereruption

The nature, origins and distribution of ash aggregates in a large-scale wet eruption deposit: Oruanui, New Zealand

High-flying diatoms: Widespread dispersal of microorganisms in an explosive volcanic eruption

Ascent dynamics of large phreatomagmatic eruption clouds: The role of microphysics

Growth of volcanic ash aggregates in the presence of liquid water and ice: An experimental approach

A novel application of radionuclides for dating sediment cores from sandy, anthropogenically disturbed estuaries

Constraints on eruption processes and event masses for the 2016–2017 eruption of Bogoslof volcano, Alaska, through evaluation of IASI satellite SO₂ masses and complementary datasets