The Role of Small to Moderate Volcanic Eruptions in the Early 19th Century Climate
Small-to-moderate volcanic eruptions can lead to significant surface cooling when they occur clustered, as observed in recent decades. In this study, based on new high-resolution ice-core data from Greenland, we produce a new volcanic forcing data set that includes several small-to-moderate eruption...
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ftuniveneziairis:oai:iris.unive.it:10278/5044528 2024-04-14T08:12:31+00:00 The Role of Small to Moderate Volcanic Eruptions in the Early 19th Century Climate Fang S. -W. Sigl M. Toohey M. Jungclaus J. Zanchettin D. Timmreck C. Fang, S. -W. Sigl, M. Toohey, M. Jungclaus, J. Zanchettin, D. Timmreck, C. 2023 https://hdl.handle.net/10278/5044528 https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105307 unknown volume:50 issue:22 journal:GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS https://hdl.handle.net/10278/5044528 doi:10.1029/2023GL105307 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85177672338 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess early 19th century ice-core data small eruption Tambora eruption volcanic reconstruction volcano impact Settore GEO/12 - Oceanografia e Fisica dell'Atmosfera info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2023 ftuniveneziairis https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105307 2024-03-21T17:57:10Z Small-to-moderate volcanic eruptions can lead to significant surface cooling when they occur clustered, as observed in recent decades. In this study, based on new high-resolution ice-core data from Greenland, we produce a new volcanic forcing data set that includes several small-to-moderate eruptions not included in prior reconstructions and investigate their climate impacts of the early 19th century through ensemble simulations with the Max Planck Institute Earth System Model. We find that clustered small-to-moderate eruptions produce significant additional global surface cooling (∼0.07 K) during the period 1812–1820, superposing with the cooling by large eruptions in 1809 (unidentified location) and 1815 (Tambora). This additional cooling helps explain the reconstructed long-lasting cooling after the large eruptions, but simulated regional impacts cannot be confirmed with reconstructions due to a low signal-to-noise ratio. This study highlights the importance of small-to-moderate eruptions for climate simulations as their impacts can be comparable with that of solar irradiance changes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland ice core Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia: ARCA (Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca) Greenland Geophysical Research Letters 50 22 |
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Small-to-moderate volcanic eruptions can lead to significant surface cooling when they occur clustered, as observed in recent decades. In this study, based on new high-resolution ice-core data from Greenland, we produce a new volcanic forcing data set that includes several small-to-moderate eruptions not included in prior reconstructions and investigate their climate impacts of the early 19th century through ensemble simulations with the Max Planck Institute Earth System Model. We find that clustered small-to-moderate eruptions produce significant additional global surface cooling (∼0.07 K) during the period 1812–1820, superposing with the cooling by large eruptions in 1809 (unidentified location) and 1815 (Tambora). This additional cooling helps explain the reconstructed long-lasting cooling after the large eruptions, but simulated regional impacts cannot be confirmed with reconstructions due to a low signal-to-noise ratio. This study highlights the importance of small-to-moderate eruptions for climate simulations as their impacts can be comparable with that of solar irradiance changes. |
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The Role of Small to Moderate Volcanic Eruptions in the Early 19th Century Climate |
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The Role of Small to Moderate Volcanic Eruptions in the Early 19th Century Climate |
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The Role of Small to Moderate Volcanic Eruptions in the Early 19th Century Climate |
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The Role of Small to Moderate Volcanic Eruptions in the Early 19th Century Climate |
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The Role of Small to Moderate Volcanic Eruptions in the Early 19th Century Climate |
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