Impact of a moderate volcanic eruption on chemistry in the lower stratosphere: balloon-borne observations and model calculations

Berthet, Gwenaël; Jégou, Fabrice; Catoire, Valéry; Krysztofiak, Gisèle; Renard, Jean-Baptiste; Bourassa, Adam E.; Degenstein, Doug A.; Brogniez, Colette; Dorf, Marcel; Kreycy, Sebastian; Pfeilsticker, Klaus; Werner, Bodo; Lefèvre, Franck; Roberts, Tjarda J.; Lurton, Thibaut; Vignelles, Damien; Bègue, Nelson; Bourgeois, Quentin; Daugeron, Daniel; Chartier, Michel; Robert, Claude; Gaubicher, Bertrand; Guimbaud, Christophe

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-2229-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-2229-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-2229-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 3

Research article

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14 Feb 2017

Research article |

| 14 Feb 2017

Impact of a moderate volcanic eruption on chemistry in the lower stratosphere: balloon-borne observations and model calculations

Gwenaël Berthet, Fabrice Jégou, Valéry Catoire, Gisèle Krysztofiak, Jean-Baptiste Renard, Adam E. Bourassa, Doug A. Degenstein, Colette Brogniez, Marcel Dorf, Sebastian Kreycy, Klaus Pfeilsticker, Bodo Werner, Franck Lefèvre, Tjarda J. Roberts, Thibaut Lurton, Damien Vignelles, Nelson Bègue, Quentin Bourgeois, Daniel Daugeron, Michel Chartier, Claude Robert, Bertrand Gaubicher, and Christophe Guimbaud

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RC1: 'Referee's Comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Oct 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to Reviewer#1', Gwenael Berthet, 07 Jan 2017
RC2: 'Review of Berthet et al., Impact of a moderate volcanic eruption on chemistry in the lower stratosphere: balloon-borne observations and model calculations', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Nov 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to Reviewer#2', Gwenael Berthet, 07 Jan 2017

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Short summary

Since the last major volcanic event, i.e. the Pinatubo eruption in 1991, only moderate eruptions have regularly injected sulfur into the stratosphere, typically enhancing the aerosol loading for several months. We investigate here for the first time the chemical perturbation associated with the Sarychev eruption in June 2009, using balloon-borne instruments and model calculations. Some chemical compounds are significantly affected by the aerosols, but the impact on stratospheric ozone is weak.