Thank you very much for having submitted your relevant work to Earth System Dynamics, for aptly having taken the preliminary editorial access review concerns into consideration, and for the promising diligences in response to the referee reports raised during the interactive debate. You are therefore invited to submit a revised version of the manuscript with the pledged changes, as these can aptly address the raise concerns if effectively reflected on the revised manuscript.
Looking forward to the revised version,
With best regards,
Rui Perdigão

Thank you very much for having aptly and effectively addressed the matters raised during the review process. The revised manuscript is now an even stronger and clearer contribution and now scientifically ready for publication at Earth System Dynamics. Therefore, it is hereby accepted. Thank you very much for your contribution to Earth System Dynamics.