Global temperature response to the major volcanic eruptions in multiple reanalysis data sets

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 13507-13518

  Fujiwara, M ^a   Hibino, T ^a,e   Mehta, S K ^b,f   Gray, L ^c,d   Mitchell, D ^c   Anstey, J ^c,g  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^e PAP Corporation   (Japan)

^f SRM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^g ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPOSPHERE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

BALI; CENTRAL LUZON; CHIAPAS; EL CHICHON; INDONESIA; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; LUZON; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MOUNT AGUNG; MOUNT PINATUBO; PHILIPPINES; SUNDA ISLES; ZAMBALES;

EID: 84949500232     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-13507-2015     Document Type: Article

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