José Pacheco

Satellite observations, plume dynamics, and volcanic lightning from the 2023 eruption of Shishaldin Volcano, Alaska

Abstract The 2023 eruption of Shishaldin Volcano, Alaska, provided an unusually well-monitored example of a “dry” (non-hydromagmatic) explosive basaltic eruption with sustained, buoyant plumes, and pyroclastic density currents. Here, we examine the 13 basaltic paroxysms that occu...