Preliminary estimate of the radiative and climatic effects of the El Chichon eruption

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M. C. McCracken
F.M. Luther

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Se hizo una estimación preliminar del efecto climático de la mayor erupción volcánica de El Chichón en abril de 1982, utilizando una versión estacional de un modelo zonal de clima, considerando una capa oceánica de 70 m . El aerosol volcánico se introdujo en el modelo de estratosfera a una altitud de 23 - 29 km, donde el aerosol perturba ambos flujos, el solar y el infrarrojo. Se consideró una composición de aerosol de 75°k, de H2SO4 con una distribución logarítmica de tamaños de orden cero. Se utilizó el patrón de opacidad latitudinal y variación temporal desarrollado por Robock (1983), con el pico de opacidad alcanzando 0.3 en junio de 1982. En este cálculo, el caso de perturbación volcánica se corrió desde el lo. de abril de 1982 hasta el lo. de enero de 1983. La temperatura del hemisferio norte se proyectó a decrecimiento gradual durante este período, siendo alrededor de 0.2 K más fresca que lo normal a fines de 1982. El modelo predice también anomalías en la precipitación, incluyendo una reducción de cinco a más de diez por ciento en la tasa de precipitación exactamente al norte del ITCZ.

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McCracken, M. C., & Luther, F. (1984). Preliminary estimate of the radiative and climatic effects of the El Chichon eruption. Geofísica Internacional, 23(3), 385–401. https://doi.org/10.22201/igeof.00167169p.1984.23.3.1159
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