Stratospheric aerosols from the Sarychev volcano eruption in the 2009 Arctic summer

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 6533-6552

  Jegou F ^a   Berthet, G ^a   Brogniez, C ^b   Renard, J B ^a   Francois P ^b   Haywood, J M ^c,d   Jones, A ^c   Bourgeois, Q ^e   Lurton, T ^a   Auriol, F ^b   Godin Beekmann, S ^f   Guimbaud, C ^a   Krysztofiak, G ^a   Gaubicher, B ^a   Chartier, M ^a   Clarisse, L ^g   Clerbaux, C ^f   Balois, J Y ^b   Verwaerde, C ^b   Daugeron, D ^a  

^a LPCE CNRS   (France)

^b STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^f SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IASI; OPTICAL DEPTH; OSIRIS; REMOTE SENSING; STRATOSPHERE; SULFATE; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SUMMER; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARCTIC; KURIL ISLANDS; MATUA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHALIN; SARYCHEV VOLCANO;

PINATUBO;

EID: 84880624661     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-6533-2013     Document Type: Article

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