Articles | Volume 14, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-3167-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-3167-2022
Data description paper
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12 Jul 2022
Data description paper |  | 12 Jul 2022

Volcanic stratospheric sulfur injections and aerosol optical depth during the Holocene (past 11 500 years) from a bipolar ice-core array

Michael Sigl, Matthew Toohey, Joseph R. McConnell, Jihong Cole-Dai, and Mirko Severi

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AR by Michael Sigl on behalf of the Authors (05 Jun 2022)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (11 Jun 2022) by David Carlson
AR by Michael Sigl on behalf of the Authors (20 Jun 2022)

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AA by Michael Sigl on behalf of the Authors (08 Jul 2022)   Author's adjustment   Manuscript
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Short summary
Volcanism is a key driver of climate. Based on ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica, we reconstruct its climate impact potential over the Holocene. By aligning records on a well-dated chronology from Antarctica, we resolve long-standing inconsistencies in the dating of past volcanic eruptions. We reconstruct 850 eruptions (which, in total, injected 7410 Tg of sulfur in the stratosphere) and estimate how they changed the opacity of the atmosphere, a prerequisite for climate model simulations.
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