The Chemical Effect of Increased Water Vapor From the Hunga Tonga‐Hunga Ha'apai Eruption on the Antarctic Ozone Hole

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Ingo Wohltmann, Michelle L. Santee, Gloria L. Manney, Luis F. Millán
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2024
• Subjects: ozone hole; Hunga Tonga‐Hunga Ha'apai; stratosphere; water vapor; ozone chemistry; Geophysics. Cosmic physics; QC801-809; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Tonga; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL106980; https://doaj.org/article/76b77b4c9876460c8c52de9302416909

Abstract 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 amount of water vapor injected into the stratosphere was unprecedented in the observational record, increasing the stratospheric water vapor burden...