The unprecedented rapid aerosol formation from the Hunga Tonga -Hunga Haˈapai eruption

Elizabeth Asher1,2, Michael Todt1,2, Karen Hepler Rosenlof2, Troy D Thornberry2, Ru-Shan Gao2, Ghassan Taha3,4, Paul J. Walter5, Sergio Luiz Alvarez6, James Flynn6, Sean M Davis2, Stephanie Evan7,8, Jerome F Brioude7, Emrys Hall9,10, Patrick Cullis9,10, Kensy Xiong9,10, Dale F Hurst9,10, Penny Smale11 and Richard Querel11, (1)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, United States, (2)NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (3)Universities Space Research Association Greenbelt, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)Morgan State University, Baltimore, United States, (5)St. Edward's University, School of Natural Sciences, Austin, TX, United States, (6)University of Houston, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Houston, TX, United States, (7)CNRS / Université de La Réunion / Météo-France, Laboratoire de l'Atmosphere et des Cyclones (LACy), Saint-Denis, Reunion, (8)CIRES, Boulder, United States, (9)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, (10)NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (11)National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Lauder, New Zealand