Significant radiative impact of volcanic aerosol in the lowermost stratosphere

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Andersson, Sandra M ^a   Martinsson, Bengt G ^a   Vernier, Jean Paul ^b,c   Friberg, Johan ^a   Brenninkmeijer, Carl A M ^d   Hermann, Markus ^e   Van Velthoven, Peter F J ^f   Zahn, Andreas ^g  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^g KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; CALIPSO; GLOBAL WARMING; LIDAR; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OBSERVATORY; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING; SATELLITE DATA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; VOLCANIC AEROSOL; VOLCANISM;

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANO;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; ANDREANOF ISLANDS; ERITREA; KASATOCHI ISLAND; KURIL ISLANDS; MATUA; NABRO VOLCANO; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHALIN; SARYCHEV VOLCANO; SOUTHERN RED SEA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937013005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8692     Document Type: Article

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