Model-measurement consistency and limits of bioaerosol abundance over the continental United States

Zawadowicz, Maria A.; Froyd, Karl D.; Perring, Anne E.; Murphy, Daniel M.; Spracklen, Dominick V.; Heald, Colette L.; Buseck, Peter R.; Cziczo, Daniel J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-13859-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-13859-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-13859-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 22

Research article

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19 Nov 2019

Research article |

| 19 Nov 2019

Model-measurement consistency and limits of bioaerosol abundance over the continental United States

Maria A. Zawadowicz, Karl D. Froyd, Anne E. Perring, Daniel M. Murphy, Dominick V. Spracklen, Colette L. Heald, Peter R. Buseck, and Daniel J. Cziczo

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RC1: 'Review of Model-Measurement Consistency and Limits of Bioaerosol Abundance Over The Continental United States', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Apr 2019
RC2: 'Review of Zawadowicz et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Apr 2019
AC1: 'Response to reviewers 1 and 2', Maria Anna Zawadowicz, 23 Aug 2019

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AR by Maria Anna Zawadowicz on behalf of the Authors (23 Aug 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (15 Sep 2019) by Paul Zieger

Dear authors,

Thank you for the revised version of your manuscript. Although both reviewers have asked to re-run the GLOMAP simulations for the same years as the performed measurements, I understand that this would mean additional extensive and time-consuming work. However, it should be made clear in Figure 1 that the model run is for the year 2000. Otherwise it is a bit misleading (especially since the different campaign years are specifically mentioned in Fig. 1). Please modify the legend and caption accordingly (e.g. by adding “year 2000” to the legend). Please also mention the differences in years in Figure 3.

In addition, the manuscript still has some language and typo issues, which should be fixed (please have a look at the guidelines of ACP). One of the native speakers should have another read-through. I added a few minor additional comments below.

Thanks and kind regards

Paul.

Comments:

Page 2, line 9: Add “are” before “lacking”.
Page 2, line 24: Replace “this” by “which”
Page 2, line 28 and line 32 (and throughout the manuscript): There are often grammatical articles like “the” or “a” missing in front of nouns or acronyms. I would add a “the” or “a” in front of the “Wideband …”. Other examples are Page 3, line 15 (before PALMS), line 17 (before Aerodynamic diameter), line 24 (before PALMS); Page 4, line 24, 26 (before PALMS), line 32 (before WIBS), etc.
Page 3, line 30: I don’t think the link is really needed, since you have not added web address for the other commercial instruments. It also links to the WIBS-NEO. Is this the same instrument you have used? If so, please add this info to the text.
Page 4, line 3: PMT is not defined yet.
Page 4, line 11: The last sentence needs to be revised. What is the consequence of this effect?
Page 4, line 31: I guess you mean “a.s.l.” (above sea level).
Page 7: The words Figure and Section within sentences should by written as Fig. or Sect.
Page 7, line 13: Does the reference to Figure 1; panel A refer to the paper by Spracklen and Heald, 2014? As such, it should be moved into the parenthesis of the reference.

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AR by Maria Anna Zawadowicz on behalf of the Authors (23 Sep 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (24 Sep 2019) by Paul Zieger

Short summary

We report measurements of small particles of biological origin (for example, fragments of bacteria, pollen, or fungal spores) in the atmosphere over the continental United States. We use a recently developed identification technique based on airborne mass spectrometry in conjunction with an extensive aircraft dataset. We show that biological particles are present at altitudes up to 10 km and we quantify typical concentrations.