Hunga Tonga’s Plume Was Stratospheric (98,425 ft); At Least 6 Killed In Japan Snowstorms; Record-Breaking Winter Storm Slams East Coast And Canada; + Fight…
January 17, 2022 Cap Allon
Hunga Tonga’s Plume Was Stratospheric (98,425 ft)
According to the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) lidar-based satellite, measuring the global distribution of ozone as a remote sensing method, it seems the Jan 15 eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai had a maximum column height of approx. 30km (98,425ft)–and so well into the stratosphere.
Aerosol plumes (tiny droplets of sulfuric acid, as well as fine ash particles) have been spreading out across vast stretches of the southern hemisphere, reports volcanodiscovery.com, exerting a cooling effect as they go. Aerosols shade sunlight and so reduce terrestrial temperatures. Particulates that reach the stratosphere can linger there for years or even decades at a time.
https://electroverse.net/hunga-tongas-98400-ft-6-killed-in-japan-winter-storm-slams-east-coast-fight/
