Monitoring El Chichon aerosol distribution using NOAA-7 satellite AVHRR sea surface temperature observations

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Published: Apr 1, 1984
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22201/igeof.00167169p.1984.23.2.834
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Volcanology, Volcanic Eruptions, Aerosol, Monitoring, NOAA-7 Satellite, Volcan El Chichon

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A. E. Strong
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration. National Environmental Satellite Data and1nformation Service, Sultland, Maryland 20233 USA.

Abstract

Toe dust veil froin the April 1982 volcanic eruption of El Chichón has had a marked effect on the ability of the NOAA-7 satellite's AVHRR to monitor sea surface temperature (SSn. Small micron and sub-micron sized particles of sulfuric acid in the stratosphe,e attenuate the radiation from Earth causing a negative offset (bias) in NOAA's operationally produced SSTs. We have used this offset to monitor tl\e evolution and dispersion of the aerosol cloud on a monthly basis as it spread rapidly northward during November and December 1982, and into spring of 1983.

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Strong, A. E. (1984). Monitoring El Chichon aerosol distribution using NOAA-7 satellite AVHRR sea surface temperature observations. Geofisica Internacional, 23(2), 129–141. https://doi.org/10.22201/igeof.00167169p.1984.23.2.834
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