Sulfuric Acid Droplet Formation and Growth in the Stratosphere After the 1982 Eruption of El Chichón
- 21 October 1983
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 222 (4621), 325-327
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.222.4621.325
Abstract
The eruption of El Chichón Volcano in March and April 1982 resulted in the nucleation of large numbers of new sulfuric acid droplets and an increase by nearly an order of magnitude in the size of the preexisting particles in the stratosphere. Nearly 107 metric tons of sulfuric acid remained in the stratosphere by the end of 1982, about 40 times as much as was deposited by Mount St. Helens in 1980.Keywords
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