Volcanic dust in the atmosphere

Description

Importance to meteorology, principally the dust veils created in the atmosphere, particle sizes and distribution, heights, fall speeds and atmospheric residence times.

Usage

data(Lambh)

Format

Two ime series data on the average monthly temperature for Central England and on the worldwide volcanic dust veil.

DVI

Worldwide volcanic dust veil.

Temp

Average monthly temperature for Central England.

Details

The DVI is an attempt to place a quantitative measure on the magnitude of volcanic eruptions and allows comparisons of volcanic eruptions by a single numerical index.

Source

Lamb, H. H. (1970). "Volcanic dust in the atmosphere; with a chronological assessment of its meteorological significance". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 266, 425–527.

Examples

	data(Lambh)
	head(Lambh)

Results