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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">EGUsphere</journal-id>
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<journal-title>EGUsphere</journal-title>
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<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/egusphere-2026-5120</article-id>
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<article-title>Simultaneous, in situ detection of gas-phase carbon disulfide (CS&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;) and carbonyl sulfide (OCS) via O&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;sup&gt;+&lt;/sup&gt; chemical ionization mass spectrometry</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Kray</surname>
<given-names>Elisabeth N.</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2145-418X</ext-link>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Kilgour</surname>
<given-names>Delaney B.</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Rogers</surname>
<given-names>Martina N.</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1254-0701</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Jernigan</surname>
<given-names>Christopher M.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Vermeuel</surname>
<given-names>Michael P.</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8751-0027</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<sup>5</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Bertram</surname>
<given-names>Timothy H.</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3026-7588</ext-link>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>now at: Physicians, Scientists, and Engineers for Healthy Energy, Oakland, California 94612, USA</addr-line>
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<label>3</label>
<addr-line>now at: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Saint Paul, MN 55155, USA</addr-line>
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<label>4</label>
<addr-line>now at: Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711, USA</addr-line>
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<label>5</label>
<addr-line>now at: Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA</addr-line>
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<day>24</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>2026</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>22</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Elisabeth N. Kray et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<p>Carbonyl sulfide (OCS) is the largest gas-phase sulfur reservoir in the troposphere. OCS is both directly emitted to the atmosphere and formed chemically in the atmosphere following the oxidation of reduced sulfur species such as carbon disulfide (CS&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;) and dimethyl sulfide (C&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;H&lt;sub&gt;6&lt;/sub&gt;S, DMS). OCS is the largest continuous contributor to stratospheric sulfate aerosol and a key diagnostic for the photosynthetic uptake of&amp;nbsp;carbon dioxide&amp;nbsp;(CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;).&amp;nbsp;Despite its importance to the OCS budget, &lt;em&gt;in situ&lt;/em&gt; measurements of CS&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; are extremely limited. Here, we describe a new technique for the simultaneous measurement of CS&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;, OCS, and DMS utilizing O&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;sup&gt;+&lt;/sup&gt; chemical ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (O&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;sup&gt;+&lt;/sup&gt; CI-ToFMS). We highlight the utility of the measurement through the reanalysis of three distinct data sets taken in remote marine, remote continental, and urban environments. We report mean CS&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; mixing ratios for the Eastern North Atlantic (2.2 ppt) and Downtown Chicago, IL (9.5 ppt), while CS&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; was not detected in Northern Wisconsin. In the Eastern North Atlantic, CS&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; showed limited temporal variability during the summer. In Chicago, CS&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; was highly variable, with episodic large enhancements (&amp;gt;85 ppt) suggesting local, anthropogenic sources. Results of laboratory measurements and success in the quantification of field measurements suggest that primary and secondary O&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;sup&gt;+&lt;/sup&gt; CI-ToFMS is suitable for simultaneous, &lt;em&gt;in situ&lt;/em&gt; detection of CS&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; and OCS.</p>
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<funding-source>U.S. Department of Energy</funding-source>
<award-id>DE-SC0021985</award-id>
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