Dear Dr. Huo,

please submit a revised manuscript together with point-to-point responses and track changes version.

Please also add a "Author contribution" section in the revised manuscript.

Best regards,
Christian Franzke

Dear Dr. Huo,

could you please make the minor revisions as suggested by the reviewers.

Review #1: I appreciate the efforts made by the authors to address the comments, which have improved the manuscript. After a few minor revisions, the paper will be ready for publication. In particular, the authors should ensure that all supplementary figures are correctly cited and referenced in the main manuscript. Specifically, Figs. S3, S4, and S6 are currently not referenced in the main text and should be incorporated accordingly.

Review #2: The authors have addressed all my concerns from the previous review and have significantly improved the manuscript with extended explanations and clarifications.
I have only a few minor comments to be considered before I recommend the manuscript to get accepted:
Line 37: remove „as“
Line 124: insert „variables“ after „TWS-related“.
Line 130 – 135: I suggest to integrate this part into Section 3.3, it is very specific and already contains some results. The last sentence (lines 134-135) is a duplication of lines 325-327.

Please resubmit a revised manuscript and track-changes version.

Best regards,
Christian Franzke

Dear Dr. Huo,

thank you for submitting a revised manuscript and addressing all reviewer comments.
I am happy to accept your manuscript now for publication.

Thank you for considering Earth System Dynamics for publishing your research.

Best regards,
Christian Franzke