Stratospheric aerosols from major volcanic eruptions: A composition-climate model study of the aerosol cloud dispersal and e-folding time

Atmosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Pitari, Giovanni ^a   Genova, Glauco Di ^a   Mancini, Eva ^a   Visioni, Daniele ^a   Gandolfi, Ilaria ^a   Cionni, Irene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerosol radiative efficiency; Composition climate model; Explosive volcanic eruptions; Quasi biennial oscillation; Stratospheric dynamics; Sulfate aerosols

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLOUDS; EXPLOSIVES; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); VOLCANOES;

MERIDIONAL TRANSPORT; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; RADIATIVE EFFICIENCY; STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; STRATOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SULFATE AEROSOLS; VOLCANIC AEROSOLS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE MODELING; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; STRATOSPHERE; SULFATE; VOLCANIC AEROSOL; VOLCANIC CLOUD; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 84976884421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/atmos7060075     Document Type: Article

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