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The stratospheric aerosol increase in February and March 1982
Author(s) -
Reiter R.,
Jäger H.,
Carnuth W.,
Funk W.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl009i008p00858
Subject(s) - aerosol , stratosphere , volcano , vulcanian eruption , environmental science , climatology , atmospheric sciences , lidar , volcanic ash , pacific ocean , meteorology , geology , oceanography , geography , remote sensing , seismology
An aerosol increase in the lower stratosphere was observed by ground‐based lidar at Garmisch‐Partenkirchen early in 1982. The source of this aerosol cloud was most probably an unobserved volcanic eruption. Three orbits of the cloud were observed during February and March. The data are consistent with an eruption which probably took place in the first half of January in central Africa or in the general region of the North Pacific Ocean.