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Parker et al. 1996
Parker, D.E., , P.D. Jones, J.R. Christy, and C.K. Folland, 1996: The impact of Mount Pinatubo on world-wide temperatures. Int. J. Climatol., 16, no. 5, 487-497, doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199605)16:5<487::AID-JOC39>3.0.CO;2-J.
We monitor and model the effects on world-wide temperatures of the June 1991 volcanic eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines. Global mean air temperatures were reduced, by up to 0.5°C at the surface and 0.6°C in the troposphere, for some months in mid-1992, in approximate accord with model predictions. Differences from these predictions occurred in the Northern Hemisphere winters of 1991-1992 and 1992-1993, as a result of atmospheric circulation changes that yielded continental surface warmings not fully reproduced by the model. The effects of the eruption were less evident by 1994. A superposed-epoch composite for five major tropical eruptions shows significant global post-eruption cooling at the surface when the effects of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation are removed from the data. Stratospheric warmth following Pinatubo lasted until early 1993 according to Microwave Sounding Unit data.
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@article{pa09400x,
author={Parker, D. E. and Wilson, H. and Jones, P. D. and Christy, J. R. and Folland, C. K.},
title={The impact of Mount Pinatubo on world-wide temperatures},
year={1996},
journal={International Journal of Climatology},
volume={16},
number={5},
pages={487--497},
doi={10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199605)16%3A5%3C487::AID-JOC39%3E3.0.CO;2-J},
}
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TY - JOUR ID - pa09400x AU - Parker, D. E. AU - Wilson, H. AU - Jones, P. D. AU - Christy, J. R. AU - Folland, C. K. PY - 1996 TI - The impact of Mount Pinatubo on world-wide temperatures JA - Int. J. Climatol. JO - International Journal of Climatology VL - 16 IS - 5 SP - 487 EP - 497 DO - 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199605)16%3A5%3C487::AID-JOC39%3E3.0.CO;2-J ER -
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