Articles | Volume 16, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-13185-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-13185-2016
Research article
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27 Oct 2016
Research article |  | 27 Oct 2016

Designing global climate and atmospheric chemistry simulations for 1 and 10 km diameter asteroid impacts using the properties of ejecta from the K-Pg impact

Owen B. Toon, Charles Bardeen, and Rolando Garcia

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (29 Sep 2016) by Rolf Müller
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About 66 million years ago, a large fraction of the planet's species, including the non-avian dinosaurs, vanished when an asteroid hit the Yucatan Peninsula, likely triggering the largest short-term climate change in geologic history. Yet there have been no modern simulations of this climate change. We outline the initial conditions needed for such global climate simulations. There is much unknown about the aftermath of the impact. We discuss uncertainties and suggest new observations.
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