MT-PINATUBO SO2 COLUMN MEASUREMENTS FROM MAUNA-LOA

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GOLDMAN, A [1 ]
MURCRAY, FJ [1 ]
RINSLAND, CP [1 ]
BLATHERWICK, RD [1 ]
DAVID, SJ [1 ]
MURCRAY, FH [1 ]
MURCRAY, DG [1 ]
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[1] NASA,LANGLEY RES CTR,DIV ATMOSPHER SCI,HAMPTON,VA 23665
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10.1029/92GL00073
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P [天文学、地球科学];
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Absorption features of the nu-1 band of SO2 have been identified in high resolution infrared solar absorption spectra recorded from Mauna Loa, Hawaii, on July 9 and 12, 1991, shortly after the arrival of the first eruption plume from the Mt. Pinatubo volcano in the Phillipines. A total SO2 vertical column amount of (5.1 +/- 0.5) x 10(16) molecules cm-2 on July 9 has been retrieved based on nonlinear least-squares spectral fittings of 9 selected SO2 absorption features with an updated set Of SO2 Spectral parameters. A SO2 total column upper limit of 0.9 x 10(16) molecules cm-2 deduced from measurements on September 20-24, 1991, is consistent with the dispersion of the SO2 cloud and the rapid conversion of the SO2 vapor into volcanic aerosol particles.
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