Interactive comment on “Civil aircraft for the regular investigation of the atmosphere based on an instrumented container: the new CARIBIC system” by C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer et al

We thank the referee for the comments. In general the reviews have lead to a substantial amount of improvements and refinements thus better specifying the instrumentation and its performance. Concerning the question “Should CARIBIC be managed as a resource to the community similar to a satellite, or should itĚ.” we note that this is a complex discussion. (if the status ”as a resource” would mean funding, it would be a pleasant discussion). Our colleagues indeed can well judge the value of the detailed datasets over long time periods.