Role of atmospheric chemistry in the climate impacts of stratospheric volcanic injections

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 652-655

  Legrande, Allegra N ^a   Tsigaridis, Kostas ^a,b   Bauer, Susanne E ^a,b  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^b NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; STRATOSPHERE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 84984910919     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2771     Document Type: Review

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