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(a): The ratio of RF to AOD, with time-after-eruption on the horizontal axis. Straight lines indicate linear regression fits and are described in table 2, while shaded regions are the standard deviation across the ensembles for each season. Regression fits and shadings are made for the pre-peak and post-peak periods. (b): Same as in (a), but where the underlying AOD and RF time series have been scaled to have peak values at unity. Shown are data from table 1 along with tropical eruptions from M20.
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We investigate the climatic effects of volcanic eruptions spanning from Mt.\ Pinatubo-sized events to super-volcanoes. The study is based on ensemble simulations in the Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2) climate model using the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model Version 6 (WACCM6) atmosphere model. Our analysis focuses on the impa...
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... similar shading is plotted in Fig. 3b, but where the regression fits have been omitted 242 for clarity. As the AOD and RF time series start from zero, the ratio from the first ...
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... submitted to JGR: Atmospheres -8-manuscript submitted to JGR: Atmospheres Table 2. Slope and standard deviation for the data in Fig. 3 Fig. 3a, while the bottom half is for Fig. 3b. The columns "pre-peak" and "post-peak" refer to the two periods as shown in Fig. 3. The ensembles are the same as those given in table 1, in addition to the 6 tropical eruptions from the 82 member ensemble in Marshall et al. ...
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... submitted to JGR: Atmospheres -8-manuscript submitted to JGR: Atmospheres Table 2. Slope and standard deviation for the data in Fig. 3 Fig. 3a, while the bottom half is for Fig. 3b. The columns "pre-peak" and "post-peak" refer to the two periods as shown in Fig. 3. The ensembles are the same as those given in table 1, in addition to the 6 tropical eruptions from the 82 member ensemble in Marshall et al. ...
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... submitted to JGR: Atmospheres -8-manuscript submitted to JGR: Atmospheres Table 2. Slope and standard deviation for the data in Fig. 3 Fig. 3a, while the bottom half is for Fig. 3b. The columns "pre-peak" and "post-peak" refer to the two periods as shown in Fig. 3. The ensembles are the same as those given in table 1, in addition to the 6 tropical eruptions from the 82 member ensemble in Marshall et al. ...
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... submitted to JGR: Atmospheres -8-manuscript submitted to JGR: Atmospheres Table 2. Slope and standard deviation for the data in Fig. 3 Fig. 3a, while the bottom half is for Fig. 3b. The columns "pre-peak" and "post-peak" refer to the two periods as shown in Fig. 3. The ensembles are the same as those given in table 1, in addition to the 6 tropical eruptions from the 82 member ensemble in Marshall et al. ...
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