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Effect of volcanic emissions on clouds during the 2008 and 2018 Kilauea degassing events
Katherine H. Breen
NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Universities Space Research Association, Columbia, MD, USA
Donifan Barahona
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Tianle Yuan
NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD, USA
Huisheng Bian
NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD, USA
Scott C. James
formerly at: Departments of Geosciences and Mechanical Engineering, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
deceased
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Increases in atmospheric aerosols affect the scattering and absorption of solar radiation by altering the macrophysical and microphysical processes of clouds. We analyzed aerosol–cloud interactions in response to degassing events from the Kilauea volcano in 2008 and 2018 by comparing satellite and simulated cloud properties. Results showed a threshold response to overcome meteorological effects that is largely controlled by aerosol concentration, composition, plume height, and ENSO state.
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