Interactive comment on “Cloud-resolving simulations of mercury scavenging and deposition in thunderstorms” by U. S. Nair et al

This paper uses thunderstorm simulations, varying properties of thunderstorms consistent with the Southeast and Northeast U.S., in an attempt to explain the differences in Hg deposition between the regions. The model analyses are useful, explained thoroughly, and well-planned. However, the paper is essentially a model parameter space exploration for soluble tracer scavenging, and the conclusions are phrased such that they apply to the real world. Thus the authors seem to be overreaching in the conclusions and general applicability of this study.