Alexa Van Eaton

About

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

Work

U.S. Geological Survey
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Research Geologist

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U.S. Geological Survey
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Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow

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Arizona State University
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NSF EAR Postdoctoral Fellow

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Education

Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand

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PhD

University of Florida
United States of America

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B.S., Geology

Publications

A One-Dimensional Volcanic Plume Model for Predicting Ash Aggregation

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Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

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

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Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

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

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Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

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Flow Development and Entrainment in Turbulent Particle-Laden Jets

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Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

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

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Geophysical Research Letters

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

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Geophysical Research Letters

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

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Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

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

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Bulletin of Volcanology

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

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Volcanica

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

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Geophysical Research Letters

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

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Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

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Volcanic electrification: recent advances and future perspectives

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Bulletin of Volcanology

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

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Geophysical Research Letters

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

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Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

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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)

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Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

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A Physical Model for Volcanic Eruption Tremor

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Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

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

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Bulletin of Volcanology

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

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Atmosphere

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Constraints on eruption processes and event masses for the 2016–2017 eruption of Bogoslof volcano, Alaska, through evaluation of IASI satellite SO<sub>2</sub> masses and complementary datasets

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Bulletin of Volcanology

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

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Bulletin of Volcanology

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

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Atmosphere

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

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Bulletin of Volcanology

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

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Bulletin of Volcanology

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Modeling Ash Dispersal From Future Eruptions of Taupo Supervolcano

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Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

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Laboratory Experiments of Volcanic Ash Resuspension by Wind

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Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

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

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Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

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

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Earth and Planetary Science Letters

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

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Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

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

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Bulletin of Volcanology

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

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Geophysical Research Letters

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Volcanic Thunder From Explosive Eruptions at Bogoslof Volcano, Alaska

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Geophysical Research Letters

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

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Scientific Reports

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Volcanic tremor and plume height hysteresis from Pavlof Volcano, Alaska

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Science

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

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Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

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Inter-comparison of three-dimensional models of volcanic plumes

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Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

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

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Bulletin of Volcanology

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Results of the eruptive column model inter-comparison study

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Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

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

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Geophysical Research Letters

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

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Journal of Paleolimnology

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Hail formation triggers rapid ash aggregation in volcanic plumes

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Nature Communications

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Phreatomagmatic and Related Eruption Styles

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The Encyclopedia of Volcanoes

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Modeling ash fall distribution from a Yellowstone supereruption

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Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

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

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Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

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

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Geology

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

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Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

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

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Bulletin of Volcanology

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

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Marine and Freshwater Research

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