Sulfur Dioxide Contributions to the Atmosphere by Volcanoes
- 9 November 1973
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 182 (4112) , 577-578
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.182.4112.577
Abstract
The first extensive measurements by remote-sensing correlation spectrometry of the sulfur dioxide emitted by volcanic plumes indicate that on the order of 10 3 metric tons of sulfur dioxide gas enter the atmosphere daily from Central American volcanoes. Extrapolation gives a minimum estimate of the annual amount of sulfur dioxide emitted from the world's volcanoes of about 10 7 metric tons.Keywords
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