The Mount Pinatubo Eruption

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VIII

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2. The Characterization of Volcanic Aerosol

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Mount Pinatubo Stratospheric Aerosol Decay During 1992 and 1993, as seen by the Camaguey Lidar Station

      • Juan Carlos Antuña

      Pages 3-9

   3. Stratospheric Aerosols After Pinatubo: Results from the 1991/2 Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition (AASE II)

      • Stephan Borrmann

      Pages 11-16

   4. The Evolution of the Pinatubo Stratospheric Aerosol Layer Observed by Lidar at South Pole, Rome, Thule: a Summary of Results

      • Giorgio Fiocco, Marco Cacciani, Alcide G. di Sarra, Daniele Fuà, Paola Colagrande, Giorgio De Benedetti et al.

      Pages 17-32

   5. Some Physical Properties of Mount Pinatubo Aerosols as Derived by Lidar

      • Gian Paolo Gobbi, Paola Grotti, Fernando Congeduti, Francesco Cairo

      Pages 33-38

   6. Properties of the Mt. Pinatubo Aerosol Cloud Determined from ISAMS Measurements at 12.1 μm

      • R. G. Grainger, A. Lambert, C. D. Rodgers, F. W. Taylor

      Pages 39-48

   7. Microphysical Processes Affecting the Pinatubo Volcanic Plume

      • Patrick Hamill, Howard Houben, Richard Young, Richard Turco, Jingxia Zhao

      Pages 49-59

   8. Three Years of Remote Sensing of Pinatubo Aerosol Extinction, Mass, and Surface Area

      • Horst Jäger

      Pages 61-70

   9. 2-Dimensional Modeling the Time Evolution of the Pinatubo Aerosol Cloud

      • Lucrezia Ricciardulli, Giovanni Pitari, Guido Visconti

      Pages 71-79

3. The Effects on Temperature

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81

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   2. Stratospheric Temperatures after Volcanic Eruptions

      • James K. Angell

      Pages 83-93

   3. The Effect of Tropical Explosive Volcanic Eruptions on Surface Air Temperature

      • P. D. Jones, P. M. Kelly

      Pages 95-111

   4. The Effect on the Stratosphere of Three Tropical Volcanic Eruptions

      • K. Labitzke, H. van Loon

      Pages 113-125

   5. Scientific Results of the EPIC Projects

      • Osamu Uchino

      Pages 127-139

4. The Effects on Ozone

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141

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   2. Evolution of the Mt. Pinatubo Volcanic Cloud and Analysis of Its Effect on the Ozone Amount as Observed from Ground-Based Measurements Performed in Northern and Southern Latitudes

      • S. Godin, C. David, M. Guirlet

      Pages 143-159

   3. Tropical stratospheric Ozone ChangesFollowing the Eruption of Mount Pinatubo

      • William B. Grant

      Pages 161-175

   4. Observations and Interpretation of Changes in Stratospheric Ozone Following the Pinatubo Eruption

      • David J. Hofmann, Susan Solomon

      Pages 177-188

   5. Pinatubo Aerosols and Ozone Observed During Three Winters at Thule by Balloonborne Backscattersondes

      • Niels Larsen, Bjørn Knudsen

      Pages 189-197

The NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "The Effects of the Mt. Pinatubo Erup­ tion on the Atmosphere and Climate" was held in Rome, September 26-30, 1994. In addition to NATO, the workshop was supported by Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. The Organizing Committee was fortunate to enlist the participation of many of the experts in the field, and this book is an account of their contributions. The eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in June 1991 was readily recognized as one of the major eruptions of the century. In a sense it was the global experiment the atmospheric scientific community was waiting for to assess theories developed on ozone depletion and greenhouse warming. In September of that same year the launching of the UARS satellite added a new tool for observers all around the world. Three years later was a good time to convene a NATO Workshop to sum up what had been measured and theorized about the effects of the eruption. This book is divided in four chapters which cover respectively: the characterization of the aerosol cloud, the measured or simulated effects on temperature, on ozone and on climate.

• Aerosol
• Cloud
• Meteorology
• Vulkan
• atmosphere
• chemistry
• climate
• climate change
• modelling
• ozone
• ozone depletion
• ozone layer
• remote sensing
• stratosphere
• temperature
• air pollution and air quality

• Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Roma, Italy

  Giorgio Fiocco, Daniele Fuà

• Istituto di Fisica dell’Atmosfera/CNR, Roma, Italy

  Daniele Fuà

• Dipartimento di Fisica, Università de L’Aquila, Coppito-L’Aquila, Italy

  Guido Visconti

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