Articles | Volume 26, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-10997-2026
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-10997-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
06 Aug 2026
Research article |
| 06 Aug 2026
| 06 Aug 2026
Assessing the stratospheric temperature response to volcanic sulfate injections by Mt. Pinatubo: insights from the Interactive Stratospheric Aerosol Model Intercomparison Project
Katharina Perny
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Meteorology and Climatology, BOKU University, Vienna, Austria
Timofei Sukhodolov
Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos und World Radiation Center (PMOD/WRC), Davos, Switzerland
Ales Kuchar
Institute of Meteorology and Climatology, BOKU University, Vienna, Austria
Pavle Arsenovic
Institute of Meteorology and Climatology, BOKU University, Vienna, Austria
Bernadette Rosati
Institute of Meteorology and Climatology, BOKU University, Vienna, Austria
Christoph Brühl
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Sandip S. Dhomse
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Andrin Jörimann
Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos und World Radiation Center (PMOD/WRC), Davos, Switzerland
Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Anton Laakso
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Atmospheric Research Centre of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
Graham Mann
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Ulrike Niemeier
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Giovanni Pitari
Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, Università dell'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
Ilaria Quaglia
Atmospheric Chemistry, Observations, and Modeling Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Takashi Sekiya
Japan Agency for Marine–Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Japan
Kengo Sudo
Japan Agency for Marine–Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Japan
Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
Claudia Timmreck
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Simone Tilmes
Atmospheric Chemistry, Observations, and Modeling Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Daniele Visioni
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Harald E. Rieder
Institute of Meteorology and Climatology, BOKU University, Vienna, Austria
Data sets
S-RIP: Zonal-mean dynamical variables of global atmospheric reanalyses on pressure levels P. Martineau https://doi.org/10.5285/b241a7f536a244749662360bd7839312
REMAP-GloSSAC-2023 Andrin Jörimann https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000713396
Short summary
Major volcanic eruptions, such as the one of Mt. Pinatubo in 1991, can inject large amounts of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere. The resulting aerosol cloud affects stratospheric temperature and thereby middle atmospheric dynamics and chemistry. Here we investigate similarities and differences across an ensemble of climate models in reproducing the stratospheric temperature signal following the Mt. Pinatubo eruption.
Major volcanic eruptions, such as the one of Mt. Pinatubo in 1991, can inject large amounts of...
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