Impact of stratospheric volcanic aerosols on age-of-air and transport of long-lived species

Atmosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate chemistry model; Explosive volcanic eruptions; Long lived species transport; Stratospheric age of air; Stratospheric dynamics; Sulfate aerosols

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; CLOUDS; EXPLOSIVES; GREENHOUSE GASES; VOLCANOES;

AGE OF AIR; CHEMISTRY MODELING; SPECIES TRANSPORT; SULFATE AEROSOLS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; RADIATIVE FORCING; STRATOSPHERE; SULFATE; TROPOPAUSE; VOLCANIC AEROSOL; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

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

EID: 85000783183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/atmos7110149     Document Type: Article

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