Effects of El Chichon volcanic effluents on stratospheric aerosol dynamicsThe effects of El Chichon's April 1982 eruption on stratospheric aerosol dynamics are presently discussed in terms of log-normal size distributions over 15-20 km sample altitudes between 30 and 45 deg N over the contiguous U.S. After collection, samples were studied by SEM, and log-normal size distributions were fitted to the data-points obtained. It is found that stratospheric aerosol behavior is explainable by the laws of aerosol mechanics more easily than has been the case for tropospheric aerosol, for which the source-sink relationship is much more complex.
Document ID
19890055525
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Pueschel, R. F. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Snetsinger, K. G. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Russell, P. B. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Oberbeck, V. R. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Livingston, J. M. (SRI International Menlo Park, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1988
Subject Category
Geophysics
Meeting Information
Meeting: Intl. Conference on Atmospheric Aerosols and Nucleation