Modeling the climate impact of volcanic eruptions

• Main Author: Zambri, Brian
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: No Publisher Supplied 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Laki; Iceland; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7282/t3gt5rfj; https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/56160/

Volcanic eruptions can have global climate impacts lasting several years. Large explosive eruptions can inject sulfur gases into the stratosphere, which are converted to sulfate aerosols. These large masses of stratospheric aerosols decrease incoming shortwave solar radiation, resulting in the cooli...