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Stratospheric Circulation Changes Associated with the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai Eruption
As shown by the MERRA-2 reanalysis run at the NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS), the anomalous temperatures and circulation patterns in the Southern Hemisphere during June 2022 can be attributed to the anomalous stratospheric water vapor injection from the January 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai underwater volcano.
