Quantifying the Pinatubo volcanic signal in south polar snow

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 2679-2682

  Cole Dai, Jihong ^a   Mosley Thompson, Ellen ^a   Thompson, Lonnie G ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; AEROSOLS; POLES; SNOW;

SNOW/FIRN CORE SAMPLING; VOLCANIC ASH;

SNOW; VOLCANOES;

AEROSOL MASS LOADING; LOW LATITUDES; POLAR ICE CORE; POLAR SNOW; SNOW LAYER; SOUTHERN LATITUDES; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EID: 0031276061     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02734     Document Type: Article

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