Physics
Scientific paper
Nov 1983
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983georl..10..997t&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 10, Nov. 1983, p. 997-1000.
Physics
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Aerosols, Infrared Radiometers, Solar Mesosphere Explorer, Stratosphere, Thermal Emission, Volcanoes, Absorptivity, Clouds, Planetary Limb, Sulfur, Sulfur Dioxides
Scientific paper
The Infrared Radiometer experiment on the Solar Mesosphere Explorer satellite has been continuously measuring the 6.8-micron thermal emission from the stratospheric aerosol from the El Chichon volcano since the time of eruption in early April, 1982. Inversion results for the zonally-averaged infrared extinction coefficient in height, latitude, and time show that the aerosol increased in mass to a maximum of 8 Tg (8 x 10 to the 12th gm) about 15 weeks after the April 4 eruption. It descended in height with an average speed consistent with the gravitational settling time of particles with a diameter of about 1.4 micron.
Jakosky Bruce M.
Sanders Roger W.
Thomas Gareth E.
West Robert A.
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