Atmospheric effects of volcanic eruptions as seen by famous artists and depicted in their paintings

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Abstract

Paintings created by famous artists, representing sunsets throughout the period 1500-1900, provide proxy information on the aerosol optical depth following major volcanic eruptions. This is supported by a statistically significant correlation coefficient (0.8) between the measured redto-green ratios of a few hundred paintings and the dust veil index. A radiative transfer model was used to compile an independent time series of aerosol optical depth at 550 nm corresponding to Northern Hemisphere middle latitudes during the period 1500-1900. The estimated aerosol optical depths range from 0.05 for background aerosol conditions, to about 0.6 following the Tambora and Krakatau eruptions and cover a period practically outside of the instrumentation era.

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Zerefos, C. S., Gerogiannis, V. T., Balis, D., Zerefos, S. C., & Kazantzidis, A. (2007). Atmospheric effects of volcanic eruptions as seen by famous artists and depicted in their paintings. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 7(15), 4027–4042. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-7-4027-2007

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