Atmospheric impact of the 1783?1784 Laki eruption: Part I Chemistry modelling

• Main Authors: Stevenson, D. S., Johnson, C. E., Highwood, E. J., Gauci, V., Collins, W. J., Derwent, R. G.
• Other Authors: Institute for Meteorology Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom Met Office Exeter, Department of Meteorology, School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences Milton Keynes, Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Milton Keynes, The Open University Milton Keynes (OU)-The Open University Milton Keynes (OU)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2003
• Subjects: [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; Greenland; Laki; Greenland ice cores; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00295255; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00295255/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00295255/file/acp-3-487-2003.pdf

International audience Results from the first chemistry-transport model study of the impact of the 1783?1784 Laki fissure eruption (Iceland: 64°N, 17°W) upon atmospheric composition are presented. The eruption released an estimated 61 Tg(S) as SO 2 into the troposphere and lower stratosphere. The mo...