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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-6565-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-6565-2021
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01 May 2021
Research article |  | 01 May 2021

The impact of volcanic eruptions of different magnitude on stratospheric water vapor in the tropics

Clarissa Alicia Kroll, Sally Dacie, Alon Azoulay, Hauke Schmidt, and Claudia Timmreck

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Volcanic forcing is counteracted by stratospheric water vapor (SWV) entering the stratosphere as a consequence of aerosol-induced cold-point warming. We find that depending on the emission strength, aerosol profile height and season of the eruption, up to 4 % of the tropical aerosol forcing can be counterbalanced. A power function relationship between cold-point warming/SWV forcing and AOD in the yearly average is found, allowing us to estimate the SWV forcing for comparable eruptions.
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