Re: Mount Pinatubo verus Mayon Volcano
Posted by
CypressTX on 12/17/2009, 10:21 pm
from here: http://www.mayonecotourism.ph/mayon_volcano%20explained.htm
a snippet: "To affect global temperatures, a volcano must loft sulfur dioxide and dust particles very high into the atmosphere. The Pinatubo eruption of 1991 sent gases and debris 20 kilometers (12 miles) high, enough to reach the upper atmosphere. Here the sulfur dioxide molecules reacted with OH to form aerosols. High-altitude winds then carried the dust and aerosols around the globe. Mayon's eruption in February sent debris only about 13 kilometers (8 miles) up - that's high, but it's not stratospheric. In the end, it looks like Mayon won't have the cooling effect that Pinatubo did."
looks like the answer is "probably not" |
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