title: Response to comments on "Large volcanic aerosol load in the stratosphere linked to Asian monsoon transport".
abstract: Fromm et al. and Vernier et al. suggest that their analyses of satellite measurements indicate that the main part of the Nabro volcanic plume from the eruption on 13 June 2011 was directly injected into the stratosphere. We address these analyses and, in addition, show that both wind trajectories and height-resolved profiles of sulfur dioxide indicate that although the eruption column may have extended higher than the Smithsonian report we highlighted, it was overwhelmingly tropospheric. Additionally, the height-resolved sulfur dioxide profiles provide further convincing evidence for convective transport of volcanic gas to the stratosphere from deep convection associated with the Asian monsoon.
authors: Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, SK S7N 5E2, Canada.
authors: Adam E
authors: AE
authors: Bourassa
authors: Alan
authors: A
authors: Robock
authors: William J
authors: WJ
authors: Randel
authors: Terry
authors: T
authors: Deshler
authors: Landon A
authors: LA
authors: Rieger
authors: Nicholas D
authors: ND
authors: Lloyd
authors: E J
authors: EJ
authors: Llewellyn
authors: Douglas A
authors: DA
authors: Degenstein