Study reveals presence of Hunga Tonga eruption aerosols in northern hemisphere stratospheric westerlies
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Beijing, China (SPX) May 10, 2023
An international team led by researchers from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has detected aerosols from the Hunga Tonga eruption in the Northern Hemisphere stratospheric westerlies for the first time. This discovery, published in Science Bulletin, will aid in simulating the physical and chemical processes in volcanic plumes. The Hunga To