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The eruptions of three low-latitude volcanoes (Mt. Agung, El Chichón, and Pinatubo) have in the recent past disturbed conditions in the stratosphere. In particular, the temperature structure in the tropics and the dynamics of the extratropical circulation in winter were affected. We describe some of the effects of the volcanic eruptions as they appeared in the stratosphere on the Northern Hemisphere, and stress those differences between the effects of the three eruptions that are associated with the state of the QuasiBiennial Oscillation during and after each of the eruptions.
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Labitzke, K., van Loon, H. (1996). The Effect on the Stratosphere of Three Tropical Volcanic Eruptions. In: Fiocco, G., Fuà, D., Visconti, G. (eds) The Mount Pinatubo Eruption. NATO ASI Series, vol 42. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61173-5_11
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