Woops, sorry, but I intended it in the sense that such a pursuit would surely impact the instrumentation (and why), and, at least partly, define the kinds of things one would be dealing with when there's no eruption....
Nathan On Thursday, July 18, 2013 12:02:11 PM UTC-4, andrewjlockley wrote: > > An interesting discussion, no doubt - but please can all posters start new > threads for new topics. > > Thanks > > A > On Jul 18, 2013 4:05 PM, "Nathan Currier" <[email protected]<javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Hi, Ken - >> >> I'm curious if there's been much modeling, consideration or observation >> of the following: plenty is known about the radiative effects of the sulfur >> itself, >> but in recent years, Solomon's research on the possibly much larger >> impact of stratospheric water vapor on global climate than previously >> realized >> (http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2010/20100128_watervapor.html) >> makes me wonder, could analogous extended indirect effects that Shindell >> found for methane oxidation in the troposphere take place in the >> stratosphere? >> Since methane hydroxylation is slowed there via competition for hydroxyl >> in the reactions turning SO2 to sulfates, and since methane oxidation >> is a primary cause of stratospheric water vapor, and since CH4 lifetime >> increase is indistinguishable from increase in abundance, could having >> a sudden infusion of sulfur then play out more slowly with radiative >> effects after the cooling period is gone via increased water vapor and >> hence warming? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Nathan >> >> >> >> http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2010/20100128_watervapor.html >> >> http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2010/01/the-wisdom-of-solomon/ >> >> On Wednesday, July 17, 2013 4:20:24 PM UTC-4, Ken Caldeira wrote: >>> >>> With respect to learning more about potential consequences of solar >>> geoengineering, what kinds of observing systems do we need in place to >>> take maximal advantage of the next big volcano? >>> >>> What would we want to have in space (and why)? >>> >>> What would we want to have in airplanes (and why)? >>> >>> What would we want on the ground (and why)? >>> >>> How would these assets be utilized when there is no big volcano? >>> >>> Are there any high-quality reports or studies that address this issue? >>> >>> - >>> >>> >>> -- >>> _______________ >>> Ken Caldeira >>> >>> Carnegie Institution for Science >>> Dept of Global Ecology >>> 260 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305 USA >>> +1 650 704 7212 kcal...@**carnegiescience.edu >>> http://dge.stanford.edu/labs/**caldeiralab<http://dge.stanford.edu/labs/caldeiralab> >>> >>> @kencaldeira >>> >>> *Caldeira Lab is hiring postdoctoral researchers.* >>> *http://dge.stanford.edu/labs/caldeiralab/Caldeira_employment.html* >>> >>> Assistant: Sharyn Nantuna, snan...@**carnegiescience.edu >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "geoengineering" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
