Plots of Wind Patterns for the World’s Volcanoes

This product includes rose diagrams and tables of wind patterns at volcanoes listed in the Smithsonian Institution’s Volcanoes of the World Database.  At each volcano, the speed and direction of wind above the volcano were read from output of the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis 1 model, at twice-daily intervals from January 1, 1990 to December 28, 2009.  These results were then plotted as 20 wind rose diagrams, divided into four seasons and five elevation intervals, and as one summary plot for year-round winds at 0-5 km elevation above sea level.  Rose petals indicate the downwind direction of the wind vector.  These rose diagrams are wrapped into a single zip file for each volcano.  Also included in the zip file are five text files, for elevation intervals (above sea level) of 0-5, 5-11, 11-16, 16-24, and 24-40km, which give wind vectors, twice daily (at 0000 and 1200 UTC) over the 1990-2010 time range.  The rose diagrams are accessible through the attached kmz file, which opens in Google Earth, or as hypertext links in the attached html table.  In the kmz file, placemarks at each volcano can be opened to reveal the summary wind rose diagram, along with a link to the page containing the other data.

Tags: abu, acamarachi, acatenango, acigol-nevsehir, adagdak, adams, adams-seamount, adatarayama, adwa, afdera, agrigan, agua, agua-de-pau, aguajito-el, aguilera, agung, ahyi, aira, akademia-nauk, akagisan, akan, akandanayama, akhtang, akita-komagatake, akita-yakeyama, akuseki-jima, akutan, alaid, alamagan, alayta, alban-hills, alcedo, ale-bagu, alid, aliso, alligator-lake, almolonga, alney-chashakondzha, alngey, alu-dalafilla, alutu, amak, amasing, ambalatungan-group, ambang, ambitle, ambre-bobaomby, ambrym, amiata, amorong, amsterdam-island, amukta, anatahan, anaun, andahua-orcopampa, andrus, aneityum, aniakchak, ankaizina-field, ankaratra-field, antillanca-group, antisana, antofagasta-volcanic-field, antuco, aoba, aogashima, apagado, apaneca-range, apastepeque-field, apo, apoyeque, aracar, aragats, aramuaca-laguna, ararat, arayat, ardoukoba, arenal, arenales, arhab-harra-of, arjuno-welirang, arshan, asacha, asamayama, asavyo, ascension, askja, asosan, assab-volcanic-field, asuncion, ata, atacazo, atakor-volcanic-field, atitlan, atka, atlin-volcanic-field, atlixcos-los, atuel-caldera-del, aucanquilcha, auckland-field, augustine, auquihuato-cerro, avachinsky, awu, axial-seamount, ayelu, azas-plateau, azufral, azufre-cerro-del, azufres-los, azul-cerro, azul-volcan, azumayama, babuyan-claro, bachelor, bagana, bakening, baker, bal-haf-harra-of, balatukan, balbi, baluan, baluran, balut, bam, bamus, banahaw, banda-api, bandaisan, banua-wuhu, barcena, bardarbunga, barkhatnaya-sopka, barren-island, barrier-the, baru, barva, bas-dong-nai, batur, bayo-gorbea-cerro, bayuda-volcanic-field, bazman, behm-canal-rudyerd-bay, belenkaya, belirang-beriti, belknap, bely, berlin, beru, berutarubesan-berutarube, besar, bezymianny, bibinoi, bilate-river-field, biliran, billy-mitchell, bir-borhut, birk-harrat-al, bishoftu-volcanic-field, biu-plateau, black-butte-crater-lava-field, black-peak, black-rock-desert, blanca-laguna, blancas-lomas, blanco-cerro, bliznets, bliznetsy, blue-lake-crater, blup-blup, bobrof, bogoria, bogoslof, boisa, bola, bolshe-bannaya, bolshoi-kekuknaysky, bolshoi-payalpan, bolshoi-semiachik, bombalai, boomerang-seamount, bora-ale, bora-bericcio, borawli, boset-bericha, bouillante-chain, bouvet, brava, bravo-cerro, brennisteinsfjoll, bridge-river-cones, bridgeman-island, bristol-island, brothers, buckle-island, bufumbira, buldir, bulusan, bunyaruguru, burney-monte, bus-obo, butajiri-silti-field, buyan-bratan, buzzard-creek, cabalian, caburgua-huelemolle, cagua, caichinque, calabozos, calatrava-volcanic-field, calbuco, callaqui, cameroon, camiguin, camiguin-de-babuyanes, campi-flegrei, campi-flegrei-mar-sicilia, candlemas-island, carlisle, carran-los-venados, carrizozo, casiri-nevados, cay, cayambe, cayley-volcanic-field, cayutue-la-vigueria, ceboruco, cendres-ile-des, central-island, cereme, chacana, chachadake-tiatia, chachani-nevado, chachimbiro, chagulak, chaine-des-puys, chaiten, changbaishan, cherny, cherpuk-group, chichinautzin, chichon-el, chiginagak, chikurachki, chiles-cerro-negro, chiliques, chillan-nevados-de, chimborazo, chinameca, chingo, chiquimula-volcanic-field, chiracha, chirinkotan, chirippusan-chirip, chirpoi, chokaisan, chuga-ryong, churchill, chyulu-hills, ciguatepe-cerro-el, cinnamon-butte, cinotepeque-cerro, clark, clear-lake, cleft-segment, cleveland, coatepeque-caldera, coaxial-segment, cobb-segment, cochons-ile-aux, cofre-de-perote, colachi, coleman-seamount, colima, colo, comondu-la-purisima, concepcion, condor-el, copahue, copiapo, corbetti-caldera, corcovado, cordon-de-puntas-negras, cordon-del-azufre, coronado, coropuna, corvo, cosiguina, coso-volcanic-field, cotopaxi, crater-basalt-volcanic-field, crater-lake, craters-of-the-moon, crow-lagoon, cu-lao-re-group, cuernos-de-negros, cuernos-del-diablo, cuicocha, cuilapa-barbarena, cumbal, cumbres-las, curacoa, curtis-island, dabbahu, dabbayra, daikoku, dakataua, dallol, dama-ali, damavand, dana, dar-alages, dariganga-volcanic-field, darwin, daun-bukit, davidof, davis-lake, dawson-strait-group, deception-island, dempo, denison, descabezado-grande, devils-garden, dhamar-harras-of, diables-morne-aux, diablotins-morne, diamond-craters, didicas, dieng-volcanic-complex, diky-greben, dofan, doma-peaks, domuyo, don-joao-de-castro-bank, dona-juana, dotsero, douglas, doyo-seamount, dubbi, dugong, dukono, duncan-canal, durango-volcanic-field, dutton, dzenzursky, east-blanco-depression, east-diamante, east-gakkel-ridge-at-85e, east-zway, easter-island, eastern-gemini-seamount, ebeko, ebulobo, eburru-ol-doinyo, ecuador, edgecumbe, edziza, eggella, egon, ekarma, elbrus, elmenteita-badlands, elovsky, emmons-lake, emuruangogolak, endeavour-segment, epi, erciyes-dagi, erebus, erta-ale, esan, escanaba-segment, escondido-el, escorial, esjufjoll, esmeralda-bank, est-ile-de-l, esteli, etna, etorofu-atosanupuri-atosanupuri, etorofu-yakeyama-grozny-group, eyjafjallajokull, falcon-island, falso-azufre, farallon-de-pajaros, fayal, fedotych, fentale, fernandina, fisher, flores, fogo, fonualei, forecast-seamount, fort-portal, fort-selkirk, fournaise-piton-de-la, fourpeaked, fremrinamar, frosty, fuego, fueguino, fuerteventura, fujisan, fukue, fukujin, fukutoku-oka-no-ba, furnas, fuss-peak, gabillema, gada-ale, galapagos-rift, galeras, gallego, galunggung, gamalama, gamchen, gamkonora, gareloi, garibaldi, garibaldi-lake, garove, garua-harbour, gaua, gedamsa, gede-pangrango, genovesa, geodesistoy, geureudong, geysir, ghegam-ridge, giggenbach, glacier-peak, gloria-la, golaya, golden-trout-creek, gollu-dag, goodenough, gorely, gorny-institute, graciosa, gran-canaria, granada, great-sitkin, grensdalur, griggs, grille-la, grimsnes, grimsvotn, groppo, guadalupe, guagua-pichincha, guallatiri, guayaques, guazapa, gufa, guguan, guntur, gunungapi-wetar, hachijojima, hachimantai, hainan-dao, hakkodasan, hakoneyama, hakusan, haleakala, halla, hanish, hankow-reef, hargy, harrat-ash-shamah, harunasan, hasan-dagi, haut-dong-nai, havre-seamount, hayes, haylan-jabal, hayli-gubbi, healy, heard, heart-peaks, hekla, helgrindur, hells-half-acre, hengill, herbert, hertali, hierro, hijiori, hiri, hiuchigatake, hobicha-caldera, hodson, hofsjokull, hokkaido-komagatake, hollister-ridge, homa-mountain, home-reef, honggeertu, hood, hoodoo-mountain, hornopiren, hromundartindur, hualalai, huambo, huanquihue-group, huaynaputina, hudson-cerro, hudson-mountains, huequi, huila-nevado-del, hulubelu, humeros-los, hunga-tonga-hunga-haapai, hunter-island, hutapanjang, hydrographers-range, iamalele, ibu, ichinsky, iettunup, igwisi-hills, ijen, iktunup, iliamna, iliboleng, iliinsky, ilikedeka, ililabalekan, ilimuda, iliwerung, illiniza, ilopango, imbabura, imuruk-lake, in-ezzane-volcanic-field, incahuasi-nevado-de, indian-heaven, infiernillo, ingakslugwat-hills, inielika, inierie, inyo-craters, io-torishima, ioto, ipala, iraya, irazu, iriga, irruputuncu, isabel-isla, isanotski, isarog, ischia, iskut-unuk-river-cones, isluga, itasy-volcanic-field, ithnayn-harrat, ivao-group, iwakisan, iwatesan, ixtepeque, iya, iyang-argapura, izalco, iztaccihuatl, izu-oshima, izu-tobu, izu-torishima, izumbwe-mpoli, jackson-segment, jailolo, jalua, james-ross-island, jan-mayen, jaraguay-volcanic-field, jayu-khota-laguna, jefferson, jingbo, jocotitlan, jolo, jom-bolok, jordan-craters, jumaytepeque, kaba, kadovar, kagamil, kaguyak, kaikata-seamount, kaikohe-bay-of-islands, kaileney, kaitoku-seamount, kalatungan, kambalny, kamen, kamojang-kawah, kana-keoki, kanaga, kanlaon, kao, karaca-dag, karang, karangetang, karapinar-field, karisimbi, karkar, karpinsky-group, karthala, karymsky, kasatochi, kasuga-1, kasuga-2, katla, katmai, katunga, katwe-kikorongo, kavachi, kawi-butak, kazbek, kebeney, kekurny, kelimutu, kell, keluo-group, kelut, kembar, kendang, kerguelen-islands, kerinci, ketoi, khangar, khanuy-gol, kharimkotan, khaybar-harrat, khodutka, kialagvik, kick-em-jenny, kikai, kikhpinych, kilauea, kilimanjaro, kinenin, kirishimayama, kishb-harrat, kiska, kita-bayonnaise, kita-fukutokutai, kita-ioto, kizimen, klabat, klyuchevskoy, kogaja-jima, kolbeinsey-ridge, kolokol-group, komarov, kone, koniuji, koranga, korath-range, koro, korosi, korovin, koryaksky, kos, koshelev, kostakan, koussi-emi, kozushima, kozyrevsky, krafla, krainy, krakatau, krasheninnikov, kronotsky, krummel-garbuna-welcker, krysuvik, ksudach, kuchinoerabujima, kuchinoshima, kueishantao, kuh-e-nader, kujusan, kukak, kula, kulkev, kunlun-volcanic-group, kuntomintar, kunyit, kupreanof, kurikomayama, kurile-lake, kurose-hole, kurub, kusatsu-shiranesan, kussharo, kuttara, kutum-volcanic-field, kuwae, kverkfjoll, kyatwa, kyejo, la-palma, labo, laguna-caldera, lajas-las, lamington, lamongan, langila, langjokull, lanin, lanzarote, larderello, lascar, lassen-volcanic-center, lastarria, late, latukan, lautaro, lavic-lake, lawu, leizhou-bandao, lengai-ol-doinyo, leonard-range, leroboleng, leskov-island, leutongey, level-mountain, lewotobi, lewotolo, liado-hayk, liamuiga, licancabur, licto, lihir, lipari, little-sitkin, ljosufjoll, llaima, llullaillaco, lobster, loihi, lokon-empung, lolo, lolobau, loloru, long-island, long-valley, longavi-nevado-de, longgang-group, longonot, lonquimay, lopevi, lower-chindwin, lubukraya, lumut-balai-bukit, lunayyir-harrat, lurus, ma-alalta, maca, macauley, macdonald, machin, madeira, madilogo, mageik, mahagnao, mahawu, maipo, makaturing, makian, makushin, malang-plain, malinao, malinche-la, malindang, malindig, malintang, mallahle, maly-payalpan, maly-semyachik, mammoth-mountain, managlase-plateau, manam, manda-gargori, manda-hararo, manda-inakir, mandalagan, manuk, manzaz-volcanic-field, marapi, marchena, mare, marha-jabal-el, mariana-back-arc-segment-at-15-5n, marinaqui-laguna, marion-island, mariveles, markagunt-plateau, maroa, marra-jebel, marsabit, marsili, martin, maruyama, masaraga, masaya, mascota-volcanic-field, mashkovtsev, mashu, mat-ala, matthew-island, matutum, maug-islands, maule-laguna-del, mauna-kea, mauna-loa, mayon, mayor-island, mayotte-island, mcdonald-islands, meager, medicine-lake, mega-basalt-field, megata, mehetia, meidob-volcanic-field, melbourne, melimoyu, melville, menengai, mentolat, merapi, merbabu, mere-lava, meru, methana, metis-shoal, meullin, mezhdusopochny, michoacan-guanajuato, midagahara, middle-gobi, mikurajima, milbanke-sound-group, milna, milos, minami-hiyoshi, minchinmavida, miniques, miravalles, misti-el, miyakejima, mocho-choshuenco, moekeshiwan-lvinaya-past, moffett, mojanda, mokuyo-seamount, mombacho, momotombo, monaco-bank, mono-craters, mono-lake-volcanic-field, monowai, montagu-island, morning, moti, motlav, moua-pihaa, mousa-alli, moutohora-island, moyorodake-medvezhia, moyuta, muhavura, mundua, muria, musuan, mutnovsky, mutsu-hiuchi-dake, myojinsho, myokosan, nabro, nabukelevu, nakanoshima, namarunu, nantai, naolinco-volcanic-field, narage, narcondum, naruko, nasudake, natib, nazko, negra-sierra, negrillar-el, negrillar-la, negro-cerro, nejapa-miraflores, nemo-peak, nemrut-dagi, nevada-sierra, nevis-peak, newberry, newer-volcanics-province, ngaoundere-plateau, ngozi, nicholson-cerro, nightingale-island, nigorikawa, niigata-yakeyama, niijima, nikko, nikko-shiranesan, nila, niseko, nishihitokappuyama-bogatyr-ridge, nishinoshima, nisyros, niuafoou, niuatahi, nonda, norikuradake, north-gorda-ridge-segment, north-island, north-vate, northern-epr-segment-ro2, northern-epr-segment-ro3, nosy-be, novarupta, nuevo-mundo, numazawa, nw-eifuku, nw-rota-1, nyambeni-hills, nyamuragira, nyiragongo, nylgimelkin, oa-caldera, odamoisan-tebenkov, ofu-olosega, ojos-del-salado-nevados, okataina, oki-dogo, okmok, oku-volcanic-field, ol-kokwe, olca-paruma, olkaria, olkoviy-volcanic-group, ollague, olot-volcanic-field, omanago-group, onikobe, ontakesan, opala, oraefajokull, orizaba-pico-de, orosi, oshima-oshima, osorezan, osorno, ostanets, ostry, otdelniy, overo-cerro, ozernoy, pacaya, paco-maniayao, pagan, paka, palena-volcanic-group, pali-aike-volcanic-field, palinuro, palomo, paluweh, pampa-luxsar, panarea, panay, pantelleria, pantojo-cerro, papandayan, papayo, parinacota, parker, patah, patoc, patuha, paulet, pavlof, pavlof-sister, payun-matru, peinado, pelee, penanggungan, pendan, penguin-island, perbakti-gagak, petacas, peter-i-island, peuet-sague, pico, pico-fracture-zone, picos-volcanic-system, piip, pilas-las, pinacate, pinatubo, pinta, piratkovsky, planchon-peteroa, plat-pays-morne, platanar, pleiades-the, plosky, poas, pocdol-mountains, poco-leok, pogranychny, popa, popocatepetl, porak, possession-ile-de-la, prestahnukur, prevo-peak, prieto-cerro, primavera-sierra-la, prince-edward-island, protector-seamounts, pular, pulau-weh, pulosari, pulpito-punta, pululagua, puntiagudo-cordon-cenizos, purace, purico-complex, putana, puyehue-cordon-caulle, puyuhuapi, qaleh-hasan-ali, qualibou, quetrupillan, quezaltepeque, quill-the, quilotoa, quimsachata, rabaul, ragang, rahah-harrat-ar, rahat-harrat, raikoke, rainier, rajabasa, rakkibetsudake-demon, ranakah, ranau, raoul-island, rasshua, raung, rausudake, raususan-mendeleev, recheschnoi, reclus, redoubt, reporoa, resago-volcan, reventador, reykjanes, riendengan-sempu, rincon-de-la-vieja, rinjani, rio-murta, risco-plateado, rishirizan, ritter-island, rittmann-mount, rocard, romanche-fracture-zone, romanovka, romeral, rota, rotorua, roundtop, royal-society-range, ruang, ruapehu, ruby, rucharuyama-golets-tornyi-group, rudakov, ruiz-nevado-del, rumble-ii-west, rumble-iii, rumble-iv, rumble-v, rungwe, ruruidake-smirnov, saba, sabalan, sabancaya, sahand, sairecabur, sakar, salak, salton-buttes, samsari-volcanic-center, san-borja-volcanic-field, san-carlos, san-cristobal, san-diego, san-francisco-volcanic-field, san-joaquin, san-jorge, san-jose, san-luis-isla, san-martin, san-miguel, san-pablo-volcanic-field, san-pedro, san-pedro-pellado, san-quintin-volcanic-field, san-salvador, san-vicente, sanbesan, sand-mountain-field, sanganguey, sangay, sangeang-api, sano-wai, santa-ana, santa-cruz, santa-fe, santa-isabel, santa-maria, santiago, santiago-cerro, santo-tomas, santorini, sao-tome, sara-sara, sarigan, sarik-gajah, sarychev-peak, sashiusudake-baransky, saunders, savaii, savo, sawad-harra-es, schmidt, seal-nunataks-group, seamount-x, sedankinsky, segererua-plateau, seguam, segula, sekincau-belirang, semeru, semisopochnoi, serdan-oriental, serua, sessagara, sete-cidades, seulawah-agam, severny, sharat-kovakab, shasta, sheveluch, shiga, shikaribetsu-group, shikotsu, shiretoko-iozan, shirinki, shishaldin, shisheika, shishel, sibualbuali, silali, silay, silverthrone, simbo, sinabung, sinarka, singkut, singu-plateau, singuil-cerro, siple, sirung, slamet, snaefellsjokull, snegovoy, snezhniy, snowy-mountain, soche, socompa, socorro, soda-lakes, sodore, sofugan, sollipulli, solo-el, soputan, sorikmarapi, sork-ale, sotara, soufriere-guadeloupe, soufriere-hills, soufriere-st-vincent, south-island, south-sarigan-seamount, southern-epr-segment-i, southern-epr-segment-j, southern-epr-segment-k, southern-thule, spectrum-range, spokoiny, spurr, srednii, st-andrew-strait, st-catherine, st-helens, st-michael, st-paul, st-paul-island, steamboat-springs, steller, stepovak-bay-2, stepovak-bay-3, stepovak-bay-4, stromboli, sturge-island, submarine-volcano-nne-of-iriomotejima, suchitan, suiyo-seamount, sukaria-caldera, sulu-range, sumaco, sumbing, sumisujima, sundoro, suoh, supply-reef, suretamatai, suswa, suwanosejima, sw-usangu-basin, taal, taapaca, taburete, tacana, tacora, tafahi, taftan, tafu-maka, tahalra-volcanic-field, tahual, tair-jebel-at, taisetsuzan, tajumulco, takaharayama, takahe, takawangha, takuan-group, talagabodas, talakmau, talang, tambo-quemado, tambora, tampomas, tana, tanaga, tandikat-singgalang, tanga, tangaroa, tangkoko-duasudara, tangkubanparahu, tao-rusyr-caldera, tara-batu, tarakan, taranaki-egmont, taryatu-chulutu, tat-ali, tata-sabaya, tatun-group, tau, taunshits, taupo, taveuni, tavui, teahitia, tecapa, tecuamburro, telica, telomoyo, telong-bur-ni, tenchozan, tenduruk-dagi, tenerife, tengchong, tengger-caldera, tenorio, teon, tepi, terceira, terpuk, theistareykir, three-sisters, tianshan-volcanic-group, ticsani, tidore, tigalalu, tigre-el, tigre-isla-el, tilocalar, tin-zaouatene-volcanic-field, tinakula, tindfjallajokull, tinguiririca, tipas, titila, tjornes-fracture-zone, tlevak-strait-suemez-is, toba, tobaru, todoko-ranu, todra-volcanic-field, tofua, toh-tarso, tokachidake, tolbachik, tolguaca, tolima-nevado-del, toliman, tolmachev-dol, toluca-nevado-de, tomariyama-golovnin, tombel-graben, tondano-caldera, toney-mountain, tongariro, tore, torfajokull, toroeng-prong, tortuga-isla, tosa-sucha, toshima, tousside-tarso, towada, toya, traitors-head, tralihue, tres-virgenes, tri-sestry, trident, trindade, tristan-da-cunha, trois-pitons-morne, trolon, tromen, tronador, tseax-river-cone, tshibinda, tskhouk-karckar, tujle-cerro, tullu-moje, tungnafellsjokull, tungurahua, tunkin-depression, tupungatito, turrialba, tutuila, tutupaca, tuya-volcanic-field, tuzgle, tuzovsky, ubehebe-craters, ubinas, udina, udintsev-transform, udokan-plateau, ugashik-peulik, uinkaret-field, uka, ukinrek-maars, uksichan, ulawun, uliaga, ulreung, umboi, ungaran, unnamed, unzendake, upolu, uratman, usgs-5847137ee4b0f34b016ff271, ushishur, ushkovsky, usulutan, utila-island, uturuncu, uwayrid-harrat, uzon, vailuluu, valle-el, valles-caldera, veer, veniaminof, verkhovoy, vernadskii-ridge, vestmannaeyjar, vesuvius, veteran, victory, viedma, villarrica, vilyuchik, visoke, visokiy, vitim-plateau, volcanic-activity, volcanic-eruption, volcano-monitoring, volcano-observatories, voon-tarso, voyampolsky, vsevidof, vulcano, vulsini, vysoky, waesche, waiowa, wallis-islands, wapi-lava-field, washiba-kumonotaira, watt-morne, wayang-windu, wells-gray-clearwater, west-crater, west-eifel-volcanic-field, west-mata, west-valley-segment, westdahl, whangarei, white-island, wilis, wind, witori, wolf, wrangell, wright, wudalianchi, wurlali, xianjindao, yakedake, yali, yangudi, yantarni, yanteles, yar-jabal, yasur, yate, yavinsky, yeguada-la, yelia, yellowstone, yojoa-lake, yokoate-jima, yokodake, yonemaru-sumiyoshiike, yoteizan, young-island, yucamane, yufu-tsurumi, yunaska, zacate-grande-isla, zaozan, zaozerny, zapatera, zavaritsky, zavaritzki-caldera, zavodovski, zealandia-bank, zheltovsky, zhupanovsky, zimina, zitacuaro-valle-de-bravo, zubair-group, zukur, zuni-bandera
Organization: Department of the Interior