Strong constraints on aerosol-cloud interactions from volcanic eruptions

• Published in: Nature
• Main Authors: Malavelle, F, Haywood, Jim, Jones, Andy, Gettelman, Andrew, Clarisse, Lieven, Bauduin, Sophie, Allan, Richard P, Karset, Inger Helene H, Kristjánsson, J. E., Oreopoulos, Lazaros, Cho, Nayeong, Lee, Dongmin, Bellouin, Nicolas, Boucher, O., Grosvenor, D. P., Carslaw, K. S., Dhomse, Sandip, Mann, Graham W., Schmidt, A., Coe, Hugh, Hartley, Margaret, Dalvi, Mohit, Hill, Adrian, Johnson, Ben, Johnson, C. E., Knight, J., O'Connor, F. M., Partridge, Daniel G., Stier, Philip, Myhre, Gunnar, Platnick, S., Stephens, Graeme L, Takahashi, Hanii, Thordarson, Thorvaldur
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Holuhraun; Iceland
• Online Access: https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publications/36f85b55-c7f7-4d2d-af2c-56208ecd05b4; https://doi.org/10.1038/nature22974; https://pure.manchester.ac.uk/ws/files/56250766/MAIN_TEXT_affiliation_and_aknowledgement_changes_accepted.docx

The climate impact of aerosols is highly uncertain owing primarily to their poorly quantified influence on cloud properties. During 2014-15, a fissure eruption in Holuhraun (Iceland) emitted huge quantities of sulphur dioxide, resulting in significant reductions in liquid cloud droplet size. Using s...