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Mount St. Helens aerosol evolution
Author(s) -
Oberbeck V. R.,
Farlow N. H.,
Fong W.,
Snetsinger K. G.,
Ferry G. V.,
Hayes D. M.
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/gl009i009p01089
Subject(s) - aerosol , atmospheric sciences , geology , environmental science , volume (thermodynamics) , meteorology , geography , physics , quantum mechanics
Stratospheric aerosol samples were collected using a wire impactor during the year following the eruption of Mt. St. Helens. Analysis of samples shows that aerosol volume increased for 6 months due to gas‐to‐particle conversion and then decreased to background levels in the following 6 months.