Dear authors,

I am satisfied with your responses to the referees’ comments and to the scientific comment, and with the associated changes in the revised version of the manuscript. I think the paper reads very well and is straightforward to follow, with the exception of Figure 2, see detailed comment below. I also found a few minor technical issues which I ask you to correct before the manuscript can go into production.

Sincerely,
Thomas Koop

Lines 98-130: Apparently, there is no reference to Fig. 2e) in the main text (at least I did not spot one).

Line 174: “it has been show that” -> “it has been shown that”

Line 203: I suggest adding a comma after: “… impacted by INP“

Lines 203-204: “low INP leading” -> “low INP concentrations leading”; “high INP tends” -> “high INP concentrations tend”

Figure 1: Please provide figure in vector format.

Figure 2: I found myself struggling to understand Figure 2, in particular as the color coding suggested apparent relations, which I found (after carefully reading the text) were actually not intended. Moreover, the overall arrangement of the figure seems to imply relations between panel b) and e), c) and f), and d) and g). However, panel b) and c) are both related to panel e), panel d) is related to panel g), and panel f) is not directly related to any of the panels b) to d). An improvement of the color coding and maybe other changes such as a different arrangement may help the reader to capture the interconnections immediately. I deem this important, as Figure 2 is probably the most important figure of the paper.

1. The horizontal green dashed lines in panels b) to d) are unrelated to the green lines in panels e) to g). Hence, I suggest a different color for the horizontal lines.

2. Initially I was wondering, to what the color coding of the feedback statements in panels b) to d) relate to? Green and orange appears in almost every panel e) to g). However, apparently, both panels b) and c) relate to the colored lines in panel e). Maybe this connection can be made more obvious? This may be achieved by giving each line in panels f) and g) a distinctive unmistakable color. For example, the two lines in panel f) are not related to panels b) to d) and, hence, can have entirely different colors. And those in panel g) yet other colors with that on the right hand side (Future: more INP) given the same as the feedback statement in panel d).

3. I was wondering whether in panel e) the green line should be above rather than to the right of the orange one. Then you would be able to add the same blue delta climate arrow as in f) and the effect can be seen immediately.