Reply to discussion on 'Control of solute concentrations in cloud and fog water by liquid water content'

摘要

In the comment on our article (Elbert et al., 2000), Kasper-Giebl (KG) follows our conclusion that our measurements at both a marine (Azores, one campaign) and a continental site (Central Germany, two cam- paigns) could provide experimental support for early theoretical considerations (Junge, 1963) of an inverse relationship between the molalities (m) of species in cloud and fog water and the liquid water content (LWC, L) of the respective clouds. She further agrees to our proposition to use the cloudwater loading (CWL) instead of the more variable cloudwater concentrations as a "diagnostic parameter for the characterization of the local and regional degree of anthropogenic pollution and for large-scale comparisons of chemical components in cloudy environments" (Elbert et al., 2000).