On the Effects of Volcanic Dust on Insolation and Weather (I)

Open Access

1 January 1951

journal article
Published by American Meteorological Society in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Vol. 32 (1) , 10-15
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477-32.1.10

Abstract

The vulcanism theory of climatic variations is reexamined, with special emphasis on Krakatoa volcanic dust and its effect on the transmission of solar radiation through the atmosphere. A possible nucleating effect of volcanic dust in further depleting insolation is mentioned.

Keywords

SOLAR
INSOLATION
REEXAMINED
NUCLEATING
DEPLETING
EFFECTS OF VOLCANIC
KRAKATOA
VOLCANIC DUST