Scattering and absorption properties of near-surface aerosol over Gangetic–Himalayan region: the role of boundary-layer dynamics and long-range transport

Dumka, U. C.; Kaskaoutis, D. G.; Srivastava, M. K.; Devara, P. C. S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-1555-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-1555-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-1555-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 15, issue 3

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13 Feb 2015

Research article |

| 13 Feb 2015

Scattering and absorption properties of near-surface aerosol over Gangetic–Himalayan region: the role of boundary-layer dynamics and long-range transport

U. C. Dumka, D. G. Kaskaoutis, M. K. Srivastava, and P. C. S. Devara

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RC C7318: 'Review of “Scattering and absorption properties of near-surface aerosol over Gangetic-Himalayan region: the role of boundary layer dynamics and long-range transport” by Dumka et al. Manuscript number: acp-2014-521.', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Sep 2014
- AC C8977: 'Authors response to Referee 1', Dr Umesh Chandra Dumka, 10 Nov 2014
- AC C8995: 'Responses to comments by Anonymous Referee 1', Dr Umesh Chandra Dumka, 10 Nov 2014
EC C8221: 'editorial comment', Xavier Querol, 18 Oct 2014
- AC C9007: 'Responses to the Editor', Dr Umesh Chandra Dumka, 10 Nov 2014
RC C8226: 'Review of “Scattering and absorption properties of near-surface aerosol over Gangetic- Himalayan region: the role of boundary layer dynamics and long-range transport” by Dumka et al. Manuscript number: acp-2014-521.', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Oct 2014
- AC C8985: 'Author's response to referee 2', Dr Umesh Chandra Dumka, 10 Nov 2014
RC C8557: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #3, 28 Oct 2014
- AC C8991: 'Author's response to referee 3', Dr Umesh Chandra Dumka, 10 Nov 2014

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Dr Umesh Chandra Dumka on behalf of the Authors (19 Nov 2014) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (10 Dec 2014) by Xavier Querol

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (15 Dec 2014)

Suggestions for revision or reasons for rejection

I have two minor comments before the paper can be published in ACP.

1) Table 2 should present references not only to Andrews et al. (2011) but also to the original papers included in Andrews et al. (2011).
These are for example Marcq et al. (2010) for NCO:
Marcq, S., Laj, P., Roger, J. C., Villani, P., Sellegri, K., Bonasoni, P., Marinoni, A., Cristofanelli, P., Verza, G. P., and Bergin, M.: Aerosol optical properties and radiative forcing in the high Himalaya based on measurements at the Nepal Climate Observatory-Pyramid site (5079 m a.s.l.), Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 5859–5872, doi:10.5194/acp-10-5859-2010, 2010.

Collaud Coen et al. (2004; 2007) for Jungfraujoch:
Collaud Coen, M., Weingartner, E., Schaub, D., Hueglin, C., Cor rigan, C., Henning, S., Schwikowski, M., and Baltensperger, U.: Saharan dust events at the Jungfraujoch: detection by wavelength dependence of the single scattering albedo and ﬁrst climatology analysis, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 4, 2465–2480, doi:10.5194/acp 4-2465-2004, 2004.
Collaud Coen, M., Weingartner, E., Furger, M., Nyeki, S., Prévôt, A. S. H., Steinbacher, M., and Baltensperger, U.: Aerosol climatology and planetary boundary inﬂuence at the Jungfraujoch analyzed by synoptic weather types, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 5931–5944, doi:10.5194/acp-11-5931-2011, 2011

Moreover, other recent papers describing aerosol optical properties at mountaintop sites not included in Andrews et al. (2011) should be presented in Table 2.
For example:
Pandolfi, M., Ripoll, A., Querol, X., and Alastuey, A.: Climatology of aerosol optical properties and black carbon mass absorption cross section at a remote high-altitude site in the western Mediterranean Basin, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 6443-6460, doi:10.5194/acp-14-6443-2014, 2014.

2) I have already commented this in my previous review. Table 1 still includes a parameter (BAE) which was not presented/commented neither in the text nor in the Figures. Given that the authors present BAE in Table 1 I would like to see more comments on this parameter in the text (not just removing it from the Table). Which is the relationship between BAE and SAE? Which additional information can be drawn using BAE compared to the SAE? Is BAE a parameter which add useful information compared to SAE?

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RR by Anne Jefferson (23 Dec 2014)

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (07 Jan 2015) by Xavier Querol

AR by Svenja Lange on behalf of the Authors (16 Jan 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (16 Jan 2015) by Xavier Querol