Fig. 2: Exemplary estimation of the stratospheric moisture increases via the indirect pathway. | Communications Earth & Environment

Fig. 2: Exemplary estimation of the stratospheric moisture increases via the indirect pathway.

From: Indirect stratospheric moisture increase after a Pinatubo-magnitude eruption can be comparable to direct increase after 2022 Hunga

Fig. 2

The total yearly moisture flux into the stratosphere is calculated for an unperturbed scenario (Control) and a scenario with a 1 K perturbation of the EFT (Perturbed). The calculation is based on a 12%/K increase in moisture according to Clausius–Clapeyron scaling in the TTL and an 80:20 partitioning of moisture fluxes in non-frozen and frozen contribution.

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