Large Amounts of Water Vapor Were Injected into the Stratosphere by the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai Volcano Eruption

The Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai (Tonga) injected only small amount of SO<sub>2</sub> into the stratosphere, while our analyses of the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) measurements show that a massive amount of water vapor was directly injected into the stratosphere by the Tonga eruption, which...

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Main Authors: Jingyuan Xu, Dan Li, Zhixuan Bai, Mengchu Tao, Jianchun Bian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-06-01
Series:Atmosphere
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/13/6/912