Interactive comment on “ Global distributions of C 2 H 6 , C 2 H 2 , HCN , and PAN retrieved from MIPAS reduced spectral resolution measurements ” by A .

sample results are presented which look reasonable. Earlier publications have already described such retrievals from the higher resolution MIPAS spectra obtained before 2005. Since these results have been obtained essentially using the same software with apparently only minor modifications, to justify a further publication I would have expected on this occasion some further analysis of the data; for example: correlation plots between the species associated with biomass burning, perhaps with some estimates of chemical lifetimes and comparisons with model results for specific events, analyses of longer time series (not just a single month).