Sulfate geoengineering: a review of the factors controlling the needed injection of sulfur dioxide

Visioni, Daniele; Pitari, Giovanni; Aquila, Valentina

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-3879-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-3879-2017

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21 Mar 2017

Review article |

| 21 Mar 2017

Sulfate geoengineering: a review of the factors controlling the needed injection of sulfur dioxide

Daniele Visioni, Giovanni Pitari, and Valentina Aquila

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Final revised paper (published on 21 Mar 2017)
Preprint (discussion started on 15 Nov 2016)

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Status: closed

AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of Visioni et al. (2016)', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Dec 2016
- AC1: 'Response to referee #1', Daniele Visioni, 12 Jan 2017
RC2: 'Rewiew', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Dec 2016
- AC2: 'Response to referee #2', Daniele Visioni, 12 Jan 2017
RC3: 'Paper requires some corrections, clarifications, and additional references', Anonymous Referee #3, 29 Dec 2016
- AC3: 'Response to referee #3', Daniele Visioni, 12 Jan 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Daniele Visioni on behalf of the Authors (13 Jan 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (16 Jan 2017) by Ben Kravitz

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (16 Feb 2017)

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (21 Feb 2017) by Ben Kravitz

AR by Daniele Visioni on behalf of the Authors (23 Feb 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (24 Feb 2017) by Ben Kravitz

AR by Daniele Visioni on behalf of the Authors (24 Feb 2017)

Short summary

This review paper summarizes the state-of-the-art knowledge of the direct and indirect side effects of sulfate geoengineering, that is, the injection of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere in order to offset the warming caused by the anthropic increase in greenhouse gasses. An overview of the various effects and their uncertainties, using results from published scientific articles, may help fine-tune the best amount of sulfate to be injected in an eventual realization of the experiment.