Volcanic impact on the climate – the stratospheric aerosol load in the period 2006–2015

Friberg, Johan; Martinsson, Bengt G.; Andersson, Sandra M.; Sandvik, Oscar S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-11149-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 15

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-11149-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-11149-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 15

Research article

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10 Aug 2018

Research article |

| 10 Aug 2018

Volcanic impact on the climate – the stratospheric aerosol load in the period 2006–2015

Johan Friberg, Bengt G. Martinsson, Sandra M. Andersson, and Oscar S. Sandvik

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Anonymous review', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Mar 2018
- AC1: 'Answer to comments by reviewer 1', Johan Friberg, 04 May 2018
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Mar 2018
- AC2: 'Answer to comments by reviewer 1', Johan Friberg, 04 May 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Johan Friberg on behalf of the Authors (07 Jun 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (22 Jun 2018) by Michael Pitts

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (06 Jul 2018)

ED: Publish as is (09 Jul 2018) by Michael Pitts

Short summary

During 2006–2015 volcanism contributed 40 % of the stratospheric aerosol load. We compute the AOD (aerosol optical depth) of the stratosphere (from the tropopause to 35 km altitude) using new techniques of handling CALIOP data. Regional and global AODs are presented for the entire stratosphere in relation to transport patterns, and the AOD is presented for three stratospheric layers: the LMS, the potential temperature range of 380 to 470 K, and altitudes above the 470 K isentrope.