SO2 emissions at Mt. Erebus

SO2 chemistry of Mt. Erebus

Volcanic emission rates of SO₂ at Mount Erebus have been measured during the austral summer from 1983 to 2001 by correlation spectrometer (COSPEC V). Below are some of the results from these measurements.

Click here for a brief discussion of the principle of COSPEC measurements on Mt. Erebus.

Table below reproduced from Kyle, P.R., Sybeldon, L.M., McIntosh, W.C., Meeker, K., and Symonds, R., 1994, Sulfur dioxide emission rates from Mount Erebus, Antarctica, in Kyle, P.R., ed., Volcanological and Environmental Studies of Mount Erebus, Antarctica, Volume 66: Washington, D.C., American Geoophysical Union, p. 69-82.

Annual Average SO₂ Emission Rates from Mount Erebus
Month and Year	SO₂ Output, Mg/d	Area of Lava Lake, m²	Yearly SO₂ Output, Gg/yr	Reference


Dec. 1983	230±90	2800	84	Rose et al. (1985)
Dec. 1984	25±10	200	9	Symonds et al. (1985)
Dec. 1985	16±7	180	6	Kyle et al. (1990)
Dec. 1986	21±11	300	7	Kyle et al. (1990)
Dec. 1987	44±27	380	16	Kyle et al. (1994)
Dec. 1988	27±9	240	10	Kyle et al. (1994)
Dec. 1989	52±21	630	19	Kyle et al. (1994)
Dec. 1991	71±20	650	26	Kyle et al. (1994)

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