Response to Anonymous Reviewer #2

Abstract

This manuscript presents measurements of single scattering albedo (SSA) of sizeselected aerosols emitted from controlled combustion of African biomass fuels under three conditions: fresh emissions, dark aged aerosols and photo-chemically aged aerosols. Three types of wood fuels were combusted in a tube furnace at two different temperatures (500 C and 800 C) and an indoor smog chamber was used to age C1 ACPD Interactive comment Printer-friendly version Discussion paper aerosols in clean and polluted (VOC rich) environments. AUTHORS RESPONSE: We thank the reviewer for the time he/she took to provide us with valuable suggestions. The authors feel that the reviewer either misunderstood our descriptions and overlooked some aspects of the paper. We will show this is indeed true in our detailed responses with relevant references to each question and comment. We feel that there is rush to dismiss and devalue the work and undermine the paper instead of giving us a chance to respond and clarify our claims. We hope our responses and explanations will convince the referee to make a different final determination.