Interactive comment on “Constraints on aerosol processes in climate models from vertically-resolved aircraft observations of black carbon” by Z. Kipling et al

This manuscript compares vertical profiles of black carbon (BC) mixing ratios from two global models (HadGEM3-UKCA and ECHAM5-HAM2) with aircraft observations. The models are found to over-estimate black carbon mixing ratios, particularly in the upper troposphere and tropics. Results of two additional sensitivity tests related to biomass burning emissions and convective wet scavenging are presented. A greater sensitivity of the BC mixing ratio to the convective wet scavenging than to the biomass burning emissions is demonstrated. This manuscript is well written and addresses relevant scientific problems related to the examination and modeling of BC profiles. The manuscript should be suitable for publication provided that the following points are satisfactorily addressed.