Articles | Volume 17, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-3751-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-3751-2024
Research article
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25 Jun 2024
Research article |  | 25 Jun 2024

Transport of the Hunga volcanic aerosols inferred from Himawari-8/9 limb measurements

Fred Prata

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Geostationary satellite data have been used to measure the stratospheric aerosols from the explosive Hunga volcanic eruption by using the data in a novel way. The onboard imager views part of the Earth's limb and data from this region were analysed to generate vertical cross-sections of aerosols high in the atmosphere. The analyses show the hemispheric spread of the aerosols and their vertical structure in layers from 22–28 km in the stratosphere.
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