The evolution and dynamics of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai sulfate aerosol plume in the stratosphere

Legras, Bernard; Duchamp, Clair; Sellitto, Pasquale; Podglajen, Aurélien; Carboni, Elisa; Siddans, Richard; Grooß, Jens-Uwe; Khaykin, Sergey; Ploeger, Felix

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-14957-2022

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The evolution and dynamics of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai sulfate aerosol plume in the stratosphere

Bernard Legras, Clair Duchamp, Pasquale Sellitto, Aurélien Podglajen, Elisa Carboni, Richard Siddans, Jens-Uwe Grooß, Sergey Khaykin, and Felix Ploeger

Data sets

RAL IMS retrieval of SO2 and sulphates (January to April 2022) R. Siddans, E. Carboni, P. Sellitto, and B. Legras https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7102472

CALIPSO Lidar Level 1B Profile, Validated Stage 1 V3-41 NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC https://doi.org/10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/CAL_LID_L1-VALSTAGE1-V3-41

The ERA5 global reanalysis (https://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/datasets/reanalysis-datasets/era5) Hans Hersbach, Bill Bell, Paul Berrisford, Shoji Hirahara, András Horányi, Joaquín Muñoz-Sabater, Julien Nicolas, Carole Peubey, Raluca Radu, Dinand Schepers, Adrian Simmons, Cornel Soci, Saleh Abdalla, Xavier Abellan, Gianpaolo Balsamo, Peter Bechtold, Gionata Biavati, Jean Bidlot, Massimo Bonavita, Giovanna De Chiara, Per Dahlgren, Dick Dee, Michail Diamantakis, Rossana Dragani, Johannes Flemming, Richard Forbes, Manuel Fuentes, Alan Geer, Leo Haimberger, Sean Healy, Robin J. Hogan, Elías Hólm, Marta Janisková, Sarah Keeley, Patrick Laloyaux, Philippe Lopez, Cristina Lupu, Gabor Radnoti, Patricia de Rosnay, Iryna Rozum, Freja Vamborg, Sebastien Villaume, and Jean-Noël Thépaut https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3803

Aeolus Level-2B Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (https://aeolus-ds.eo.esa.int/oads/access/) Michael Rennie, David Tan, Erik Andersson, Paul Poli, Alain Dabas, Jos De Kloe, Gert-Jan Marseille, and Ad Stoffelen https://earth.esa.int/eogateway/documents/20142/37627/Aeolus_L2B_Algorithm_TBD.pdf/5a116873-473e-84b7-5e39-2480edde1589

Model code and software

ASTuS for Tonga January 2022 eruption B. Legras and C. Duchamp https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7321711

Video supplement

IMS sulphate aerosol in the stratospheric plume of the January 2022 Tonga eruption B. Legras, R. Siddans, E. Carboni, and P. Sellitto https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7242467

Executive editor

This article describes the effect of the recent (January 2022) Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai...