Open AccessBlowin' in the wind: Research priorities for climate effects of volcanic eruptions
Author(s) -
Robock Alan
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2002eo000333
Subject(s) - volcano , atmosphere (unit) , volcanism , earth science , environmental science , explosive eruption , climate change , volcanic ash , meteorology , climatology , geology , geography , geochemistry , magma , seismology , oceanography , tectonics
Volcanic eruptions inject gases and ash into the atmosphere, with climatic impacts on time scales up to decades. At the AGU Chapman Conference on Volcanism and the Earth's Atmosphere, held in Greece last summer, 108 scientists gathered to assess our understanding of volcanic emissions and the atmosphere's response to them, and to outline topics for future interdisciplinary collaboration that will lead to better understanding and prediction of the effects of large explosive eruptions.