Abstract
Global circulation model simulations are reported in which smoke created by fires following a large nuclear war is allowed to move with the model winds. A substantial fraction of smoke generated over NATO and Warsaw Pact territories in July moves rapidly upward and across the Equator in less than two weeks, but the dispersal of smoke in January is less pronounced. Decreases in Northern Hemisphere land surface temperature are large in July, but less severe in January
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Thompson, S. Global interactive transport simulations of nuclear war smoke. Nature 317, 35–39 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1038/317035a0
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