The Mount St. Helens Volcanic Eruption of 18 May 1980: Minimal Climatic Effect
- 19 June 1981
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 212 (4501) , 1383-1384
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.212.4501.1383
Abstract
An energy-balance numerical climate model was used to simulate the effects of the Mount St. Helens volcanic eruption of 18 May 1980. The resulting surface temperature depression is a maximum of 0.1°C in the winter in the polar region, but is an order of magnitude smaller than the observed natural variability from other effects and will therefore be undetectable.Keywords
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