Simulation and observations of stratospheric aerosols from the 2009 Sarychev volcanic eruption

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Kravitz, Ben ^a,b   Robock, Alan ^a   Bourassa, Adam ^c   Deshler, Terry ^d   Wu, Decheng ^e,f   Mattis, Ina ^g   Finger, Fanny ^g   Hoffmann, Anne ^h   Ritter, Christoph ^h   Bitar, Lubna ^i,j   Duck, Thomas J ⁱ   Barnes, John E ^k  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^f ANHUI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^g LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^h ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

ⁱ DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^k NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATE MODELS; EARTH (PLANET); OPTICAL RADAR; PARTICLE SIZE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VOLCANOES;

AEROSOL CLOUDS; AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; DATA SOURCE; DECAY RATE; EARTH'S CLIMATE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HIGH LATITUDES; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LIMB SCATTER MEASUREMENTS; LOW LATITUDES; MT. PINATUBO; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL SPECTROGRAPH; REMOVAL RATE; STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; STRATOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS; SULFATE AEROSOLS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; WYOMING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AEROSOL; ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BACKSCATTER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LATITUDE; LIDAR; MAGNITUDE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OPTICAL DEPTH; OSIRIS; PARTICLE SIZE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATOSPHERE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLCANIC CLOUD; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CENTRAL LUZON; KURIL ISLANDS; LUZON; MATUA; MOUNT PINATUBO; PHILIPPINES; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHALIN; SARYCHEV VOLCANO; ZAMBALES;

PINATUBO;

EID: 80053579987     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015501     Document Type: Article

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