Articles | Volume 25, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-12037-2025
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.Measurement report: simultaneous measurement on gas- and particle-phase water-soluble organics in Shanghai: enhanced light absorption of transported Asian dust
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- Final revised paper (published on 02 Oct 2025)
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RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2025-654', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Apr 2025
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Gehui Wang, 27 May 2025
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RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2025-654', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Apr 2025
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AR by Gehui Wang on behalf of the Authors (27 May 2025)
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ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (12 Jun 2025) by Alex Lee
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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (08 Jul 2025) by Alex Lee

AR by Gehui Wang on behalf of the Authors (25 Jul 2025)
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ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (29 Jul 2025) by Alex Lee
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ED: Publish as is (13 Aug 2025) by Alex Lee
AR by Gehui Wang on behalf of the Authors (16 Aug 2025)
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Li et al. measured water-soluble organic carbon (WSOC) in both gas and particle phases using online and offline measurements over a one-month period in Spring in Shanghai. The author compared measurements between dust storms (DS), haze events, and clean periods. They claimed that high aerosol pH modulated the gas-to-particle partitioning of WSOC during the DS periods and found that DS led to remarkable increases in light absorption due to high concentrations of nitroaromatics, imidazole and water-solute organic nitrogen at the coarse mode.
The study focuses on a short dataset spanning only one month, and the discussion is based solely on the periods of interest that are 3-5 days long. Particularly, they only captured one episode of a dust storm. I do understand that dust storms do not occur with high frequency within one month. My biggest concern is that the levels of detail and discussion are not convincing enough for a publication on ACP. Therefore, I would suggest that the current version of the manuscript be rejected.
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