Sulfate aerosols from non-explosive volcanoes: Chemical-radiative effects in the troposphere and lower stratosphere

Atmosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerosol chemical radiative effects; Atmospheric sulfur budget; Climate chemistry aerosol model; Non explosive volcanic eruptions; Sulfate aerosols; Upper tropospheric ice particles

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BROMINE; BUDGET CONTROL; CHLORINE; CLIMATE MODELS; CLOUDS; EXPLOSIVES; GAS EMISSIONS; ICE; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN OXIDES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOLYSIS; POLES; SOLAR RADIATION; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TROPOSPHERE; VOLCANOES;

AEROSOL MODELING; ICE PARTICLES; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; SULFATE AEROSOLS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

AEROSOL; RADIATIVE FORCING; STRATOSPHERE; SULFATE; TROPOSPHERE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANO;

EID: 84982813048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/atmos7070085     Document Type: Article

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