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Distant effects of the Tambora Eruption of April 1815: An eyewitness account |
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union,
Volume 70,
Issue 51,
1989,
Page 1559-1559
Michael R. Rampino,
Michael R. Rampino,
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Large explosive volcanic eruptions can have far‐reaching effects on the atmosphere. The eruption of Tambora volcano on Sumbawa Island in Indonesia in April 1815 was the largest ash eruption in recent historic times, producing a bulk volume of about 150 km3of pumice and ash [Stothers, 1984], by most estimates more than 100 times that of the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens. The loss of life and the destruction of agricultural land on Sumbawa and neighboring Lombok were catastrophic. In the aftermath of the Tambora eruption, in order to obtain more information about the effects on Java and the surrounding islands, the lieutenant governor of Java, Thomas Stamford Raffles, circulated a letter with three brief questions. The following questionnaire was completed by the Resident of Surakarta in eastern Java describing local eyewitness accounts of the effects of the Tambora eruption (catalogued by Blagden [1916]). It gives a vivid picture of the effects of the massive eruption some 800 km from the volcano. (The style, punctuation, and spelling of the original handwritten report in the MacKenzie Collection of the British Library have been retained throughout
ISSN:0002-8606
DOI:10.1029/89EO00389
年代:1989
数据来源: WILEY
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Precipitation committee |
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union,
Volume 70,
Issue 51,
1989,
Page 1560-1560
James A. Smith,
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The Precipitation Committee of the AGU Section of Hydrology has placed major emphasis in past years on fostering interaction between the research communities in hydrology and meteorology. The 1986 Chapman Conference on Mesoscale Precipitation, co‐organized by Ignacio Rodriguez‐Iturbe and the Precipitation Committee, exemplified the benefits accruing in both disciplines from an interdisciplinary approach to hydrometeorological problems. A collection of papers derived from the conference appears inJournal of Geophysical Research(Atmospheres, Volume 92, Number D8, 1987). A second Conference on Mesoscale Precipitation, cosponsored by AGU and the American Meteorological Society and organized by Rafael Bras, was held in 1988. A collection of papers from the conference will again appear in JGR. The Precipitation Committee is participating in planning for the third Mesoscale Precipitation Conference which will be held in fall of 1
ISSN:0002-8606
DOI:10.1029/89EO00390
年代:1989
数据来源: WILEY
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Geotechnical applications |
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union,
Volume 70,
Issue 51,
1989,
Page 1561-1564
F. L. Paillet,
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Committee D18 on Soil a n d Rock of the American Society for Testing and Materials held the symposium Geotechnical Applications of Geophysics June 29 in St. Louis, Mo.Cochaired by Wayne Saunders, ICF, Inc., Fairfax, Va., and Fred Paillet, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colo., 15 papers were presented from authors from Canada, Japan, and the United States.
ISSN:0002-8606
DOI:10.1029/89EO00392
年代:1989
数据来源: WILEY
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Channel flow and catchment runoff |
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union,
Volume 70,
Issue 51,
1989,
Page 1564-1564
Anonymous,
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The International Conference on Channel Flow and Catchment Runoff was held May 22–26 at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, in honor of the centennial of Manning's Formula and Kuichling's Rational Formula. Sponsors were the American Geophysical Union, American Society of Civil Engineers, International Association for Hydraulic Research, and International Water Resources Association. Support came from the University of Virginia and the National Weather Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Scientists from 24 countries gave about 100 presentation
ISSN:0002-8606
DOI:10.1029/89EO00393
年代:1989
数据来源: WILEY
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