Articles | Volume 25, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-11895-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-11895-2025
Research article
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02 Oct 2025
Research article |  | 02 Oct 2025

Stratospheric δ13CO2 observed over Japan and its governing processes

Satoshi Sugawara, Shinji Morimoto, Shigeyuki Ishidoya, Taku Umezawa, Shuji Aoki, Takakiyo Nakazawa, Sakae Toyoda, Kentaro Ishijima, Daisuke Goto, and Hideyuki Honda

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Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2025-1003', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 May 2025
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Satoshi Sugawara, 12 Jun 2025
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2025-1003', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 May 2025
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Satoshi Sugawara, 12 Jun 2025

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Satoshi Sugawara on behalf of the Authors (12 Jun 2025)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (30 Jun 2025) by Gabriele Stiller
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (07 Jul 2025)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (15 Jul 2025) by Gabriele Stiller
AR by Satoshi Sugawara on behalf of the Authors (16 Jul 2025)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (18 Jul 2025) by Gabriele Stiller
AR by Satoshi Sugawara on behalf of the Authors (19 Jul 2025)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
We have collected stratospheric air samples using balloon-borne cryogenic samplers over Japan since 1985 and analyzed them for δ13CO2. δ13CO2 has decreased through time in the mid-stratosphere with an average rate of change of −0.026 ± 0.001 ‰ yr−1. We found that stratospheric δ13CO2 variations are governed by airborne production of 13C-depleted CO2 by CH4 oxidation, gravitational separation, and propagation of the decreasing tropospheric δ13CO2 trend into the stratosphere.
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