Interactive comment on “Retrieving global sources of aerosols from MODIS observations by inverting GOCART model” by O. Dubovik et al
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We thank referee for her/his encouraging comments and numerous very useful recommendations. We have carefully analyzed the reviewer comments and tried to address all her/his questions and comments in the revised manuscript and in the present response. Detailed explanations are given below. 1. English. As suggested by the referee we have put a significant effort in improving level of English in the manuscript. First, we have included all corrections suggested by the referee (that are quite many). Then we have asked highly qualified native English speaker to read over and correct the manuscript. 2. As suggested by the referee, we have added the figure (2) that illustrates formula-
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