Physics
Scientific paper
Nov 1983
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983georl..10.1021o&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 10, Nov. 1983, p. 1021-1024.
Physics
61
Aerosols, Chemical Composition, Particle Size Distribution, Silicates, Stratosphere, Sulfates, Volcanoes, Clouds, Drops (Liquids), U-2 Aircraft, Vapor Deposition
Scientific paper
Dominant effects of the El Chichon eruption on stratospheric aerosols at 19.8 to 20.7 km are: (1) vapor depositional growth of the small-aerosol (background) mode; (2) development of a large-particle mode by sedimentation from the highest altitudes in the cloud; (3) a change in the large-particle mode from sulfate-coated silicates to sulfate aerosols, some with silicate cores; (4) a 100-fold increase in sulfate mass in the large particle mode. Terminal velocities of large silicate particles, maximum r = 2.3 micron, sampled 1 month after eruption, and calibrated with the aid of lidar data, indicate initial injection to 26 to 27 km. Smaller velocities of sulfate aerosols, median r = 0.5 micron, are compatible with major growth in 2 to 3 months at 27 to 28 km. Aerosol settling accounts for the descent of the main lidar return to 26.5 km in August and to 20 to 21 km in December.
Danielsen E. F.
Ferry G. V.
Fong Wai
Hayes Dennis M.
Oberbeck Verne R.
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