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Stratospheric aerosols and climatic change

Nature volume 263, pages 551–555 (1976)Cite this article

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Global heat balance calculations imply that stratospheric aerosols, generated by volcanic explosions, have made important contributions to some observed climatic changes but that such aerosols generated by supersonic transports and Space Shuttles are unlikely in the next few decades to have a significant climatic impact.

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  1. Space Science Division, NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, 94035

    Betty Baldwin, James B. Pollack, Audrey Summers & Owen B. Toon

  2. Laboratory for Planetary Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853

    Carl Sagan

  3. Informatics, Inc., Palo Alto, California

    Warren Van Camp

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Baldwin, B., Pollack, J., Summers, A. et al. Stratospheric aerosols and climatic change. Nature 263, 551–555 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/263551a0

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