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Volcanic Ash Research Shows How Plumes End Up in the Jet Stream

April 16, 2010

A University at Buffalo volcanologist, an expert in volcanic ash cloud transport, published a paper recently showing how the jet stream--the area in the atmosphere that pilots prefer to fly in--also seems to be the area most likely to be impacted by plumes from volcanic ash. Full Story

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