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Overview

Antonio Costa is affiliated with the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Italy. Their research primarily intersects the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a significant focus on subfields such as Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their work addresses various scientific topics including Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Landslides and related hazards, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, as well as High-pressure geophysics and materials.

Antonio Costa has published extensively, with notable contributions in journals and venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Bulletin of Volcanology, Frontiers in Earth Science, and Natural hazards and earth system sciences.

Recent papers authored or co-authored include:

  • Ensemble-Based Data Assimilation of Volcanic Ash Clouds from Satellite Observations: Application to the 24 December 2018 Mt. Etna Explosive Eruption, 2020, Atmosphere
  • Anak Krakatau triggers volcanic freezer in the upper troposphere, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • FALL3D-8.0: a computational model for atmospheric transport and deposition of particles, aerosols and radionuclides - Part 1: Model physics and numerics, 2020, Geoscientific model development
  • The magnitude and impact of the 431 CE Tierra Blanca Joven eruption of Ilopango, El Salvador, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • FALL3D-8.0: a computational model for atmospheric transport and deposition of particles, aerosols and radionuclides - Part 2: Model validation, 2021, Geoscientific model development

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Antonio Costa include Arnau Folch, Giovanni Macedonio, Laura Sandri, Silvia Massaro, and Jacopo Selva.

Best Publications

  • Permeability-porosity relationship: a reexamination of the Kozeny-Carman equation based on a fractal pore-space geometry assumption

    Antonio Costa;Antonio Costa

  • A model for the rheology of particle-bearing suspensions and partially molten rocks

    Antonio Costa;Antonio Costa;Luca Caricchi;Luca Caricchi;Nickolai Bagdassarov

  • A three-dimensional Eulerian model for transport and deposition of volcanic ashes

    A. Costa;G. Macedonio;A. Folch

  • Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Analysis: Multiple Sources and Global Applications

    Anita Grezio;Andrey Babeyko;Maria Ana Baptista;Jörn Behrens

  • Estimating the volume of tephra deposits: A new simple strategy

    Costanza Bonadonna;A. Costa;A. Costa

  • Viscosity of high crystal content melts : Dependence on solid fraction

    Antonio Costa

  • Carbon dioxide diffuse degassing and estimation of heat release from volcanic and hydrothermal systems

    G. Chiodini;D. Granieri;R. Avino;S. Caliro

  • FALL3D: A computational model for transport and deposition of volcanic ash

    A. Folch;A. Costa;G. Macedonio

  • A model for the numerical simulation of tephra fall deposits

    T. Pfeiffer;A. Costa;G. Macedonio

  • Quantifying volcanic ash dispersal and impact of the Campanian Ignimbrite super-eruption

    Antonio Costa;Antonio Costa;A. Folch;G. Macedonio;B. Giaccio

  • Magmas near the critical degassing pressure drive volcanic unrest towards a critical state

    Giovanni Chiodini;Antonio Paonita;Alessandro Aiuppa;Alessandro Aiuppa;Antonio Costa

  • A computer model for volcanic ash fallout and assessment of subsequent hazard

    G. Macedonio;A. Costa;A. Longo

  • Tephra fallout hazard assessment at the Campi Flegrei caldera (Italy)

    A. Costa;F. Dell’Erba;M. A. Di Vito;R. Isaia

  • Plume height, volume, and classification of explosive volcanic eruptions based on the Weibull function

    Costanza Bonadonna;Antonio Costa

  • Results of the eruptive column model inter-comparison study

    Antonio Costa;Antonio Costa;Y. J. Suzuki;M. Cerminara;B. J. Devenish

  • Non-volcanic CO2 Earth degassing: Case of Mefite d'Ansanto (southern Apennines), Italy

    G. Chiodini;D. Granieri;R. Avino;S. Caliro

  • Ash fallout scenarios at Vesuvius: Numerical simulations and implications for hazard assessment

    G. Macedonio;A. Costa;A. Folch

  • A model for wet aggregation of ash particles in volcanic plumes and clouds: 1. Theoretical formulation

    Antonio Costa;Antonio Costa;Arnau Folch;Giovanni Macedonio

  • Rheology of magmas with bimodal crystal size and shape distributions: Insights from analog experiments

    Corrado Cimarelli;Antonio Costa;Antonio Costa;Sebastian Mueller;Heidy M. Mader

  • Control of magma flow in dykes on cyclic lava dome extrusion

    A Costa;A Costa;OE Melnik;OE Melnik;R S J Sparks;B Voight

Frequent Co-Authors

Giovanni Macedonio
Giovanni Macedonio National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Arnau Folch
Arnau Folch Spanish National Research Council
Jacopo Selva
Jacopo Selva National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Laura Sandri
Laura Sandri National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Roberto Sulpizio
Roberto Sulpizio University of Bari Aldo Moro
Giovanni Chiodini
Giovanni Chiodini National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Costanza Bonadonna
Costanza Bonadonna University of Geneva
Warner Marzocchi
Warner Marzocchi University of Naples Federico II
Victoria C. Smith
Victoria C. Smith University of Oxford
Stefano Caliro
Stefano Caliro National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

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