Articles | Volume 25, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-11535-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-11535-2025
Research article
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29 Sep 2025
Research article |  | 29 Sep 2025

Quantifying the decay timescale of volcanic sulfur dioxide in the stratosphere

Paul A. Nicknish, Kane Stone, Susan Solomon, and Simon A. Carn

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • EC1: 'Preliminary Editor Comment on egusphere-2024-3525', Matthew Toohey, 13 Dec 2024
    • AC1: 'Reply on EC1', Paul Nicknish, 29 Dec 2024
      • AC5: 'Reply on AC1', Paul Nicknish, 09 Apr 2025
      • AC6: 'Reply on AC1', Paul Nicknish, 09 Apr 2025
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-3525', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Jan 2025
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC1', Paul Nicknish, 07 Feb 2025
      • AC4: 'Reply on AC2', Paul Nicknish, 09 Apr 2025
      • AC7: 'Reply on AC2', Paul Nicknish, 09 Apr 2025
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-3525', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Jan 2025
    • AC3: 'Reply on RC2', Paul Nicknish, 07 Feb 2025
      • AC8: 'Reply on AC3', Paul Nicknish, 09 Apr 2025

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Paul Nicknish on behalf of the Authors (07 Feb 2025)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (19 Feb 2025) by Matthew Toohey
AR by Paul Nicknish on behalf of the Authors (09 Apr 2025)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (23 Apr 2025) by Matthew Toohey
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (01 May 2025)
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (06 May 2025)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (07 May 2025) by Matthew Toohey
AR by Paul Nicknish on behalf of the Authors (13 Jun 2025)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (29 Jun 2025) by Matthew Toohey
AR by Paul Nicknish on behalf of the Authors (30 Jun 2025)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (08 Jul 2025) by Matthew Toohey
AR by Paul Nicknish on behalf of the Authors (10 Jul 2025)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
Large volcanic eruptions can inject teragrams of sulfur dioxide (SO2) into the stratosphere, influencing stratospheric chemistry and Earth's climate. This work calculates decay timescales of volcanic gas-phase SO2 in the stratosphere using data from three satellite products. SO2 decay timescales vary significantly between the different products, and this uncertainty limits our ability to attribute an observed SO2 decay following an eruption to a specific chemical process.
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