Articles | Volume 22, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-13407-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-13407-2022
Research article
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18 Oct 2022
Research article |  | 18 Oct 2022

On the potential fingerprint of the Antarctic ozone hole in ice-core nitrate isotopes: a case study based on a South Pole ice core

Yanzhi Cao, Zhuang Jiang, Becky Alexander, Jihong Cole-Dai, Joel Savarino, Joseph Erbland, and Lei Geng

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Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on Cao et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Jul 2022
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Yanzhi Cao, 21 Aug 2022
  • RC2: 'Comment on acp-2022-417', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Jul 2022
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Yanzhi Cao, 21 Aug 2022

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
AR by Yanzhi Cao on behalf of the Authors (23 Aug 2022)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (25 Aug 2022) by Rolf Müller
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (29 Aug 2022)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (06 Sep 2022)
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (15 Sep 2022) by Rolf Müller
AR by Yanzhi Cao on behalf of the Authors (19 Sep 2022)  Author's response    Manuscript
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Short summary
We investigate the potential of ice-core preserved nitrate isotopes as proxies of stratospheric ozone variability by measuring nitrate isotopes in a shallow ice core from the South Pole. The large variability in the snow accumulation rate and its slight increase after the 1970s masked any signals caused by the ozone hole. Moreover, the nitrate oxygen isotope decrease may reflect changes in the atmospheric oxidation environment in the Southern Ocean.
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