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Lidar measurements of the post-fuego stratospheric aerosol
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Viezee, W. Hake Jr., R. D. Russell, P. B. |
| Copyright Year | 1976 |
| Description | Fifteen lidar observations of the stratospheric aerosol were made between February and November 1975. All observations revealed the greatly increased particulate backscattering that followed the eruption of the volcano Fuego in October 1974. Vertical structure consisted initially of multiple layers, which later merged to form a single, broader peak. Essentially all of the increased scattering was confined to altitudes below 20 km. Hence, aerosol layer centroids in 1975 were typically several km below their altitude prior to the eruption. Radiative and thermal consequences of the measured post-Fuego layer were computed using several recently published models. The models predict a temperature increase of several K at the altitude of the layer, caused by the infrared absorption bands of the sulfuric acid particles. The surface temperature decrease predicted by the models is considerably smaller than 1 K, partly because of the small optical thickness of the volcanic layer, and partly because of its short residence time relative to the earth-ocean thermal response time. |
| File Size | 2958526 |
| Page Count | 56 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19810021122 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t13n6z00d |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1976-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Environment Pollution Particulate Sampling Backscattering Aerosols Guatemala Stratosphere Air Pollution Mathematical Models Volcanoes California Optical Radar Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |