How Do Active Volcanoes Change Clouds?

  • Released Thursday, November 13, 2014
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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center scientist Andrew Sayer talks about how emissions from volcanoes can affect clouds.

This video provides an overview of research published in the Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Research: Systematic satellite observations of the impact of aerosols from passive volcanic degassing on local cloud properties

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, October 9, 2014

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This is an animation showing the water droplets that make up clouds.

This is an animation showing the decrease in cloud water droplet size when aerosols are present.

This is an animation showing volcanic aerosols affecting surrounding clouds.

This is an animation of a degassing volcano. Degassing is the release of gas from a volcano.

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

This page was originally published on Thursday, November 13, 2014.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:50 PM EDT.

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  • How Do Active Volcanoes Change Clouds? (ID: 2014099)
    Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at 5:00AM
    Produced by - Liam Krauss (Hughes STX)

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Systematic satellite observations of the impact of aerosols from passive volcanic degassing on local cloud properties