The effect of increased water vapor from the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption on the Antarctic ozone hole

• Main Authors: Wohltmann, Ingo, Santee, Michelle L., Manney, Gloria L, Millan, Luis
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Authorea, Inc. 2023
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Tonga; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.169945301.14204930/v1

The eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on 15 January 2022 was one of the most explosive eruptions of the last decades. The unprecedented amount of water vapor injected into the stratosphere increased the stratospheric water vapor burden by about 10%. Using model runs from the ATLAS ch...