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LeGrande and Anchukaitis 2015
, and K.J. Anchukaitis, 2015: Volcanic eruptions and climate. PAGES, 23, no. 2, 46-47.
Volcanic eruptions represent some of the most climatically important and societally disruptive short-term events in human history. Large eruptions inject ash, dust, sulfurous gases (e.g. SO2, H2S), halogens (e.g. Hcl and Hbr), and water vapor into the Earth's atmosphere. Sulfurous emissions principally interact with the climate by converting into sulfate aerosols that reduce incoming solar radiation, warming the stratosphere and altering ozone creation, reducing global mean surface temperature, and suppressing the hydrological cycle. In this issue, we focus on the history, processes, and consequences of these large eruptions that inject enough material into the stratosphere to significantly affect the climate system. In terms of the changes wrought on the energy balance of the Earth System, these transient events can temporarily have a radiative forcing magnitude larger than the range of solar, greenhouse gas, and land use variability over the last millennium. In simulations as well as modern and paleoclimate observations, volcanic eruptions cause large inter-annual to decadal-scale changes in climate. Active debates persist concerning their role in longer-term (multi-decadal to centennial) modification of the Earth System, however.
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@article{le08600q,
author={LeGrande, A. N. and Anchukaitis, K. J.},
title={Volcanic eruptions and climate},
year={2015},
journal={PAGES},
volume={23},
number={2},
pages={46--47},
}
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TY - JOUR ID - le08600q AU - LeGrande, A. N. AU - Anchukaitis, K. J. PY - 2015 TI - Volcanic eruptions and climate JA - PAGES JO - PAGES VL - 23 IS - 2 SP - 46 EP - 47 ER -
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