An Airborne Mission to Study Background Sulfur and Prepare for a Rapid Response to a Large Volcanic Eruption

Ru-Shan Gao1, Karen Hepler Rosenlof2, Troy D Thornberry3, Andrew W Rollins3, Brian Toon4, Daniel M Murphy5, Eric J Jensen6, Michael J Mills7, Ryan R Neely III8 and David W Fahey9, (1)Earth System Research Laboratory, CSD, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (4)University of Colorado at Boulder, ATOC/LASP, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)NOAA, CSL, Boulder, United States, (6)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, (7)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Atmospheric Chemistry, Observations, and Modeling Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, (8)University of Leeds, Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, Leeds, United Kingdom, (9)NOAA Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States