Data · dataset · 2026
Effects of Mount Pinatubo volcanic eruption on the hydrological cycle as an analog of geoengineering
Listed in National Center for Atmospheric Research
The problem of global warming arises from the buildup of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide from burning of fossil fuels and other human activities that change the composition of the atmosphere and alter outgoing longwave radiation (OLR).
Description
One geoengineering solution being proposed is to reduce the incoming sunshine by emulating a volcanic eruption. In between the incoming solar radiation and the OLR is the entire weather and climate system and the hydrological cycle.
The precipitation and streamflow records from 1950 to 2004 are examined for the effects of volcanic eruptions from El Chichón in March 1982 and Pinatubo in June 1991, taking into account changes from El Niño-Southern Oscillation. Following the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in June 1991 there was a substantial decrease in precipitation over land and a record decrease in runoff and river discharge into the ocean from October 1991âSeptember 1992.
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The results suggest that major adverse effects, including drought, could arise from geoengineering solutions.
Links
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- Publisher page n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7f47pcd ↗
documentation · download · from data ucar edu
Where it is published
- data.ucar.edu /dataset/effects-of-mount-pinatubo-volcanic-eruption-on-the-hyd… ↗
National Center for Atmospheric Research dataset page
landing page · from data ucar edu
Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.ucar.edu/api/3/action/package_show?id=f9677f87-af4d-4012-9945-864e9180b… ↗
metadata API · from data ucar edu
Topics
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science
- Inferred from text
- Geology 70%
Provenance · 1 source records, 8 field assertions
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| National Center for Atmospheric Research | f9677f87-af4d-4012-9945-864e9180b6dd | 13 d ago | JSON v1 |
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| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3705 | enrichment · data ucar edu | taxonomy-embedding@1.1.0 | title+keywords+description (70%) |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | /notes |
| publication_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | /title |
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