Interactive comment on “Surface ozone at Nam Co (4730 m a.s.l.) in the inland Tibetan Plateau: variation, synthesis comparison and regional representativeness” by Xiufeng Yin et al

GENERAL COMMENTS This work by Yin et al. presents an overview of about 5 years of continuous near-surface ozone observations at the Nam Co station which is located in the central Tibetan Plateau. The scope of the paper is rather ambitious: to characterize the typical variability of near-surface O3 at this measurement site, to compare it with other sites in the Tibetan Plateau (and beyond) and to demonstrate that this site is representative for the whole Tibetan Plateau. The presented data-set is of great interest (and I suggest to share it in the framework of international initiatives like WMO/GAW or TOAR/JOIN). However, the paper is a little bit confusing and for a great part relies too much in other studies, resembling more a “review” than a research paper. Moreover, some important conclusions were based too much on qualitative assertions. As