The authors are encouraged to address the important comments from the 3 reviewers in the revised submission eg., Robert Link - Space-time characteristics of the emulator, testing emulator’s performance using independent initial-condition ensemble members; Reviewer-2: a supplementary comparison of true ESM time series to time series obtained by simple pattern scaling and by our emulator; include further assessments of the space-time characteristics in the revised manuscript for bringing out the added value of the emulated ensemble members; Referee-3: Demonstrate that the emulations reliably reproduce the variability of ESM simulations at the grid-cell level.

The authors may incorporate the above revisions in the revised manuscript.