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- Title
Atmospheric effects of volcanic eruptions as seen by famous artists and depicted in their paintings.
- Authors
Zerefos, C. S.; Gerogiannis, V. T.; Balis, D.; Zerefos, S. C.; Kazantzidis, A.
- Abstract
Paintings created by famous artists, representing sunsets throughout the period 1500-1900, provide proxy information on the aerosol optical depth following major volcanic eruptions. This is supported by a statistically significant correlation coefficient (0.8) between the measured red-to-green ratios of a few hundred paintings and the dust veil index. A radiative transfer model was used to compile an independent time series of aerosol optical depth at 550 nm corresponding to Northern Hemisphere middle latitudes during the period 1500-1900. The estimated aerosol optical depths range from 0.05 for background aerosol conditions, to about 0.6 following the Tambora and Krakatau eruptions and cover a period practically outside of the instrumentation era.
- Subjects
KRAKATOA (Indonesia); INDONESIA; VOLCANIC eruptions; PAINTING; ATMOSPHERIC aerosols; DUST; ATMOSPHERIC radiation; MOUNT Tambora Eruption, 1815
- Publication
Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics, 2007, Vol 7, Issue 15, p4027
- ISSN
1680-7316
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5194/acp-7-4027-2007