Global Effects of Nuclear War

Turco, R. P.; Голицын, Г. С.

doi:10.1080/00139157.1988.9928918

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“…However, from the point of view of optical and climatic consequences, the soot component is the most critical because of its high light-absorption efficiency (29). Accordingly, in this article emphasis is placed on soot produced by flaming combustion (30).…”

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Climate and Smoke: an Appraisal of Nuclear Winter

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Toon²,

Ackerman³

et al. 1990

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The latest understanding of nuclear winter is reviewed. Considerable progress has been made in quantifying the production and injection of soot by large-scale fires, the regional and global atmospheric dispersion of the soot, and the resulting physical, environmental, and climatic perturbations. New information has been obtained from laboratory studies, field experiments, and numerical modeling on a variety of scales (plume, mesoscale, and global). For the most likely soot injections from a full-scale nuclear exchange, three-dimensional climate simulations yield midsummer land temperature decreases that average 10° to 20°C in northern mid-latitudes, with local cooling as large as 35°C, and subfreezing summer temperatures in some regions. Anomalous atmospheric circulations caused by solar heating of soot is found to stabilize the upper atmosphere against overturning, thus increasing the soot lifetime, and to accelerate interhemispheric transport, leading to persistent effects in the Southern Hemisphere. Serious new environmental problems associated with soot injection have been identified, including disruption of monsoon precipitation and severe depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer in the Northern Hemisphere. The basic physics of nuclear winter has been reaffirmed through several authoritative international technical assessments and numerous individual scientific investigations. Remaining areas of uncertainty and research priorities are discussed in view of the latest findings.

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Section: Emission Factorsmentioning

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Climate and Smoke: an Appraisal of Nuclear Winter

Turco¹,

Toon²,

Ackerman³

et al. 1990

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“…Following the early papers, and initiated by them, an intensive study of the nuclear winter problem was carried out worldwide [as summarized in National Research Council 1985, Royal Society of Canada 1985, Harwell & Hutchinson 1985, Pittock et a1 1986, Golitsyn & Phillips 1986, Colbeck & Harrison 1986, Golitsyn & MacCracken 1987, Warner 1988, Nix et al 1988, Turco & Golitsyn 1988, Tallent et al 1988, Sagan (which includes an extensive history and analysis of the nuclear winter theory)]. In recent years, substantial scientifi c progress has been made-e.g.…”

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