Major influence of tropical volcanic eruptions on the stratospheric aerosol layer during the last decade

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Vernier, J P ^a,b   Thomason, L W ^a   Pommereau, J P ^b   Bourassa, A ^c   Pelon, J ^b   Garnier, A ^b   Hauchecorne, A ^b   Blanot, L ^b,d   Trepte, C ^a   Degenstein, Doug ^c   Vargas, F ^e  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d ACRI ST Sophia Antipolis ^*  (France)

^e INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERICS; OPTICAL RADAR; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL PARTICLES; BACKGROUND LEVEL; BREWER-DOBSON CIRCULATION; CALIPSO; COAL-BURNING; GROUND BASED; HIGHER LATITUDES; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PINATUBO; SAGE II; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPACE-BASED; STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; TROPICAL LATITUDES; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

VOLCANOES;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CALIPSO; COAL; ENVISAT-1; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LIDAR; OSIRIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLCANIC AEROSOL; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CENTRAL LUZON; LUZON; MOUNT PINATUBO; PHILIPPINES; ZAMBALES;

PINATUBO;

EID: 79959944090     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047563     Document Type: Article

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