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Lidar observations of dust layers' transience in the stratosphere following the El Chichon volcanic eruption
Author(s) -
D'Altorio Alfonso,
Visconti Guido
Publication year - 1983
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/gl010i001p00027
Subject(s) - altitude (triangle) , stratosphere , volcano , atmospheric sciences , lidar , scattering , geology , vulcanian eruption , mineral dust , environmental science , mineralogy , meteorology , aerosol , physics , remote sensing , geochemistry , optics , geometry , mathematics
Intense stratospheric dust layers have been observed with a lidar at L'Aquila (42°N, 13°E) during the months of July and August 1982. These features were located at 22‐26Km with a maximum scattering ratio of 13. In one occasion a layer was also observed at 32Km. Maximum integrated scattering is of the order of 0.001 sr −1 . The almost daily frequency of the observations has revealed an unusually fast decrease of the altitude of the layers with an apparent velocity of 0.2‐0.3Km/day. This pattern is repeated in both the high altitude layers observed. It is speculated that this effect could be attributed to the zonal distribution of the dust which in turn could depends on dust formation process.