title: Novel approaches to the analysis of volcanic degassing
creator: Kuhn, Jonas
subject: ddc-500
subject: 500 Natural sciences and mathematics
subject: ddc-530
subject: 530 Physics
subject: ddc-540
subject: 540 Chemistry and allied sciences
subject: ddc-550
subject: 550 Earth sciences
description: Volcanic gases are part of the fundamental geochemical cycles on Earth. They provide information on the planet’s interior and influence the climate and the oxidation state of the atmosphere.  However, there remain severe inconsistencies between field observations and models within the field  of volcanic gas analysis. This cumulative thesis aims to improve the understanding of volcanic degassing processes by combining three different but related approaches: (1) A model for the chemical  kinetics within the early turbulent mixing process of hot magmatic gases with atmospheric air is  developed. It questions conventional approaches that assume thermodynamic equilibrium during  the gas emission phase and, hence, has severe implications for current interpretations of volcanic  gas measurements. (2) A high-resolution spectrograph is conceptualised and developed. The resolving power of ca. 100000 exceeds that of conventional field-deployable instruments by more than two  orders of magnitude. Its high light throughput and mobility enables a range of new volcanic measurements, such as the quantification of the hydroxyl radical, which is an important intermediate  species in hot volcanic gases. (3) A novel imaging technique for volcanic trace gases is developed.  It significantly enhances the accuracy of volcanic volatile flux quantification and shows great potential for spatially resolving the still poorly constrained halogen conversion processes within volcanic  plumes. Prototypes of both instrument developments demonstrate their anticipated performance  in field measurements. The techniques introduced in this thesis also exhibit extensive potential for  further atmospheric remote sensing applications including improved measurements of greenhouse  gases, air pollutants, atmospheric oxidants, or plant fluorescence.
date: 2022
type: Dissertation
type: info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserverhttps://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/31922/1/Doktorarbeit_Jonas_Kuhn_2022_Volcanic_Degassing.pdf
identifier: DOI:10.11588/heidok.00031922
identifier: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-319220
identifier:   Kuhn, Jonas  (2022) Novel approaches to the analysis of volcanic degassing.  [Dissertation]     
relation: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/31922/
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language: eng