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Volcanic rain shift

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The distribution of dust particles in the stratosphere affects the location of the tropical rainband. The possible implications of this for geoengineering — by injection of particles — need to be taken into account before implementation.

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Figure 1: Schematic of a large volcanic eruption with heavy dust loading in the Southern Hemisphere.

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  1. Yochanan Kushnir is at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, New York 10964, USA,

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