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01 May 2021
Research article |
| 01 May 2021
| 01 May 2021
The impact of volcanic eruptions of different magnitude on stratospheric water vapor in the tropics
Clarissa Alicia Kroll
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Atmosphere in the Earth System, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modelling (IMPRS-ESM), Hamburg, Germany
Sally Dacie
Atmosphere in the Earth System, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modelling (IMPRS-ESM), Hamburg, Germany
Alon Azoulay
Atmosphere in the Earth System, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
now at: Remote Sensing Technology Institute (IMF), German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Hauke Schmidt
Atmosphere in the Earth System, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Claudia Timmreck
Atmosphere in the Earth System, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
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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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