Strong constraints on aerosol-cloud interactions from volcanic eruptions

• Published in: Nature
• Main Authors: Malavelle, Florent F., Haywood, Jim M., Jones, Andy, Gettelman, Andrew, Clarisse, Lieven, Bauduin, Sophie, Allan, Richard P., Karset, Inger Helene H., Oreopoulos, Lazaros, Cho, Nayeong, Lee, Dongmin, Bellouin, Nicolas, Boucher, Olivier, Grosvenor, Daniel P., Carslaw, Ken S., Dhomse, Sandip, Mann, Graham W., Schmidt, Anja, Coe, Hugh, Hartley, Margaret E., Dalvi, Mohit, Hill, Adrian A., Johnson, Ben T., Johnson, Colin E., Knight, Jeff R., O'Connor, Fiona M., Partridge, Daniel G., Stier, Philip, Myhre, Gunnar, Platnick, Steven, Stephens, Graeme L., Takahashi, Hanii, Thordarson, Thorvaldur
• Other Authors: Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539) (LMD), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Département des Géosciences - ENS Paris, École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2017
• Subjects: [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Holuhraun; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-03727061; https://doi.org/10.1038/nature22974

International audience Aerosols have a potentially large effect on climate, particularly through their interactions with clouds, but the magnitude of this effect is highly uncertain. Large volcanic eruptions produce sulfur dioxide, which in turn produces aerosols; these eruptions thus represent a na...