Atmospheric impact of the 1783?1784 Laki Eruption: Part II Climatic effect of sulphate aerosol

• Main Authors: Highwood, E. J., Stevenson, D. S.
• Other Authors: Department of Meteorology, Institute for Meteorology Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2003
• Subjects: [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; Laki; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00300986; https://hal.science/hal-00300986/document; https://hal.science/hal-00300986/file/acpd-3-1599-2003.pdf

International audience The long 1783?1784 eruption of Laki, in southern Iceland, was one of the first eruptions to have been linked to an observed climate anomaly, having been held responsible for cold temperatures over much of the Northern Hemisphere in the period 1783?1785. Results from the first...