Mt Pinatubo Eruption Effect on Equatorial Ozone

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Mt. Pinatubo eruption effect on equatorial ozone

This animation clearly shows the ozone around Mt Pinatubo reacting to the eruption. A large ozone hole appears during the eruption and sweeps westward along with the ash cloud,stratospheric sulfur dioxide, and stratospheric sulfuric acid H2SO4.

June 17, 1991

Metadata

  • Sensor

  • Animation ID

    2183

  • Video ID

    SVS2001-0021

  • Start Timecode

    01:01:30:03

  • End Timecode

    01:02:50:21

  • Animator

    Lori Perkins

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2001/06/18

  • Scientist

    Richard McPeters (NASA/GSFC), Jay Herman (NASA/GSFC)

  • Datasets

    Ozone

  • Keywords

    Ozone, Volcano, Mt. Pinatubo

  • DLESE Subject

    Natural hazards, Atmospheric science

  • Data Date

    1991/06/16 - 1991/06/30

  • Animation Type

    Regular