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Interactive comment on "Comparison of the optical properties of pure and transported anthropogenic dusts measured by ground-based Lidar" by Zhijuan Zhang et al. Zhijuan Zhang et al. Anonymous Referee #3 General commentsThe authors attempted to establish one or more threshold for distinguishing polluted dust from pure dust using their optical properties (i.e., total attenuated backscattering coefficient, depolarization ratio and color ratio) measured by a ground-based Lidar. They concluded that depolarization ratio threshold of 0.2 could be used to differentiate the polluted and pure dust. The authors presented a good literature review. However, C1 ACPD Interactive commentPrinter-friendly version Discussion paper