Atmospheric volcanic loading derived from bipolar ice cores: Accounting for the spatial distribution of volcanic deposition

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Gao, Chaochao ^a   Oman, Luke ^a,b   Robock, Alan ^a   Stenchikov, Georgiy L ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VOLCANOES;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION; ICE CORE; ICE SHEET; RADIATIVE FORCING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATOSPHERE; VOLCANIC AEROSOL; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC;

PINATUBO;

EID: 34347348322     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007461     Document Type: Article

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