Articles | Volume 18, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-14867-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-14867-2018
Research article
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17 Oct 2018
Research article |  | 17 Oct 2018

Upper tropospheric ice sensitivity to sulfate geoengineering

Daniele Visioni, Giovanni Pitari, Glauco di Genova, Simone Tilmes, and Irene Cionni

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AR by Daniele Visioni on behalf of the Authors (04 Jun 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (16 Jun 2018) by Ulrike Lohmann
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (29 Jun 2018)
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (04 Jul 2018)
RR by Anonymous Referee #4 (18 Jul 2018)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (23 Jul 2018) by Ulrike Lohmann
AR by Daniele Visioni on behalf of the Authors (14 Sep 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (03 Oct 2018) by Ulrike Lohmann
AR by Daniele Visioni on behalf of the Authors (03 Oct 2018)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
Many side effects of sulfate geoengineering have to be analyzed before the world can even consider deploying this method of solar radiation management. In particular, we show that ice clouds in the upper troposphere are modified by a sulfate injection, producing a change that (by allowing for more planetary radiation to escape to space) would produce a further cooling. This might be important when considering the necessary amount of sulfate that needs to be injected to achieve a certain target.
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