Earth System Dynamics
Earth System Dynamics
ESD
Articles | Volume 15, issue 2
Articles | Volume 15, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-15-191-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Special issue:
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-15-191-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 15, issue 2
Research article
 | Highlight paper
 | 
13 Mar 2024
Research article | Highlight paper |  | 13 Mar 2024

Hemispherically symmetric strategies for stratospheric aerosol injection

Yan Zhang, Douglas G. MacMartin, Daniele Visioni, Ewa M. Bednarz, and Ben Kravitz

Viewed

Total article views: 6,491 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total Supplement BibTeX EndNote
5,292 1,079 120 6,491 266 121 143
  • HTML: 5,292
  • PDF: 1,079
  • XML: 120
  • Total: 6,491
  • Supplement: 266
  • BibTeX: 121
  • EndNote: 143
Views and downloads (calculated since 02 Mar 2023)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 02 Mar 2023)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 6,491 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 6,385 with geography defined and 106 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 
Latest update: 25 Nov 2025
Download
Chief editor
This study provides an intercomparison of different Stratospheric Aerosol Injection strategies. The strategy choice affects the distribution of aerosol optical depth, the injection efficiency and, crucially, the surface climate response. These results lay the foundation for future trade-off analyses and design strategy optimization.
Read more
Short summary
Injecting SO2 into the lower stratosphere can temporarily reduce global mean temperature and mitigate some risks associated with climate change, but injecting it at different latitudes and seasons would have different impacts. This study introduces new stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) strategies and explores the importance of the choice of SAI strategy, demonstrating that it notably affects the distribution of aerosol cloud, injection efficiency, and various surface climate impacts.
Read more
Share
Special issue
Resolving uncertainties in solar geoengineering through multi-model...
Altmetrics
Final-revised paper
Preprint