Cases of observation of volcanic aerosol layers above Yakutsk

  1. Institute of Cosmophysical Researches and Aeronomy, Yakutsk
  2. Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Tomsk

Cases of observation of volcanic aerosol layers above Yakutsk on Lidar sounding data are described. It
is showed that the observed aerosol layers are localized in regions of tropopause and lower stratosphere. The
behavior of AOD and of other atmospheric optical characteristics is investigated on "AERONET" sunphotometer
data. The analysis of back trajectories of aerosol mass motion for the identification of the sources of volcanic
ejections was carried out.
The work is supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research grant 09-05-98573 and Integration
Project No 15 SB RAS.