Rapid production of sulfate aerosols from the 2022 Hunga Tonga eruption

A young plume remarkably rich in fine sulfate aerosols & poor in coarse ash particles

References:

  • Lac, C., Le Pichon, A., Listowski, C., Abbassi, G., Astafyeva, A, Baron, A., Berveiller, D., Boichu, M., Clerbaux, C., Colette, A., Collin, G., Coïsson, P., Dabas, A., Dibarboure, G., Duflot, V., Dupont, A., Farges, T., Faugère, Y., Faure, J.-F. … Vergoz, J.. (2022). The eruption of the Hunga Tonga – Hunga Ha’apai volcano on January 15, 2022: a shock of the Earth on a global scale (Tech. Rep.). Groupe Thématique Atmosphère d’ALLENVI. Retrieved Jan 2023, from https://zenodo.org/record/7678770/files/Tonga_FR_FINALE_DOI_v1.1.pdf doi:10.5281/zenodo.7678770
  • Vernier, J.-P., Timmreck, C., & Kremser, S. (2022). Atmospheric impacts of the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai (HT–HH) eruption (Tech. Rep.). SPARC SSiRC Community. Retrieved from https://www.sparc-ssirc.org/downloads/VolRes_summary_of_the_Hunga-Vfinal.pdf

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