Recent anthropogenic increases in SO2 from Asia have minimal impact on stratospheric aerosol

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 999-1004

  Neely, R R ^a,b,c   Toon, O B ^a   Solomon, S ^d   Vernier, J P ^e,f   Alvarez, C ^b,c   English, J M ^g   Rosenlof, K H ^b   Mills, M J ^g   Bardeen, C G ^g   Daniel, J S ^b   Thayer, J P ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences ^*  (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^f NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^h UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Monsoon; Stratosphere; Volcanoes; WACCM

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; ASIAN MONSOON; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; MICROPHYSICAL MODELS; PRIMARY SOURCES; STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; WACCM;

AEROSOLS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VOLCANOES;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; OPTICAL DEPTH; STRATOSPHERE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 84876801351     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50263     Document Type: Article

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