The manuscript estimates Hg emissions from wildfires using different methods based on aircraft me... more The manuscript estimates Hg emissions from wildfires using different methods based on aircraft measurements of GEM, CO, CO2, CH4 and NMHCS and also assesses the uncertainty of these methods. The manuscript provided thorough data analysis and the work would make important contribution to study Hg emission from biomass burning. We thank the reviewer for their positive assessment of the manuscript. Please note C1 Printer-friendly version Discussion paper that after discussion between the co-authors NMHCs was updated to NMOGs (nonmethane organic gases) as the measurements also include oxidised organic gases; and hence this is the more correct terminology. R1-C2. However, my major complain [t] is the structure of the manuscript and the presentation of tables and figures, which makes it hard to read and go through. Some paragraphs are really long, and it is hard to process the information. It would be helpful to break them down when possible. Please also see the following section for detailed comments. We appreciate the comment and have attempted to break up some of the longer paragraphs (on approximately nine occasions in total). Specific comments: R1-C3. Line 127: what are NNW and NNE? please spell them out. These are very well used direction abbreviations. North of North East (NNE) and North of North West (NNW). We believe both are well established and it is quite clear in the text that they are referring to direction. We don't believe an update is necessary here. R1-C4. Figure : what are the red circles for? Please explain them. These refer to the cities of Canada. They are adjacent to their city names as is common in maps. We have added the following to the end of Fig1 caption: ". . ., Canadian Provinces (white dashed lines), and major/relevant cities (red dots). . .". [e] change the label A and B to (a) and (b) to be consistent with the figure captions from Figure 1 to Figure 5. The labels for all composite figures were corrected as recommended. R1-C6. Line 300 -301: it is not clear how the Hg emissions estimates are based on CO, CO2 and CH4 as reference compounds.
The manuscript estimates Hg emissions from wildfires using different methods based on aircraft me... more The manuscript estimates Hg emissions from wildfires using different methods based on aircraft measurements of GEM, CO, CO2, CH4 and NMHCS and also assesses the uncertainty of these methods. The manuscript provided thorough data analysis and the work would make important contribution to study Hg emission from biomass burning. We thank the reviewer for their positive assessment of the manuscript. Please note C1 Printer-friendly version Discussion paper that after discussion between the co-authors NMHCs was updated to NMOGs (nonmethane organic gases) as the measurements also include oxidised organic gases; and hence this is the more correct terminology. R1-C2. However, my major complain [t] is the structure of the manuscript and the presentation of tables and figures, which makes it hard to read and go through. Some paragraphs are really long, and it is hard to process the information. It would be helpful to break them down when possible. Please also see the following section for detailed comments. We appreciate the comment and have attempted to break up some of the longer paragraphs (on approximately nine occasions in total). Specific comments: R1-C3. Line 127: what are NNW and NNE? please spell them out. These are very well used direction abbreviations. North of North East (NNE) and North of North West (NNW). We believe both are well established and it is quite clear in the text that they are referring to direction. We don't believe an update is necessary here. R1-C4. Figure : what are the red circles for? Please explain them. These refer to the cities of Canada. They are adjacent to their city names as is common in maps. We have added the following to the end of Fig1 caption: ". . ., Canadian Provinces (white dashed lines), and major/relevant cities (red dots). . .". [e] change the label A and B to (a) and (b) to be consistent with the figure captions from Figure 1 to Figure 5. The labels for all composite figures were corrected as recommended. R1-C6. Line 300 -301: it is not clear how the Hg emissions estimates are based on CO, CO2 and CH4 as reference compounds.
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