PLUME-MoM is a numerical code for the steady-state plume model, describing the rise in the atmosphere of a mixture of gas and volcanic ash during an eruption. The system of equation is formally the same of that presented in Barsotti et al. 2008, i.e. the equations we formulate describe the same conservation principles (conservation of mass, momentum and energy). In this model, instead of assuming a finite number of particle sizes, a continuous distribution of particles size is considered and the mothod of moments (Marchisio and Fox, 2013) is adopted to track the moments of the particle size distribution along the eruptive column. Version 1.0:
Github project page: http://demichie.github.io/PLUME-MoM/

Author

Mattia de' Michieli Vitturi (*)
(*) Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e vulcanologia, sezione di Pisa
Via della Faggiola, 36
I-56126 Pisa, Italy
E-mail: matti.nosp@m.a.de.nosp@m.michi.nosp@m.eliv.nosp@m.ittur.nosp@m.i@in.nosp@m.gv.it