Dear Authors,

Thank you very much for all your diligence in carefully revising your manuscript and aptly responding to the evaluation reports.

After thorough consideration, further supported by a final round of peer-review, I can now confirm that the revised version has successfully addressed the concerns raised in the previous stage.

With no further scientific revisions needed, I would simply draw your attention to the minor notational and linguistic remarks enclosed in the private section of the present decision letter.

All in all, I hereby accept the manuscript for publication at Earth System Dynamics subject to technical corrections.

Thank you very much for choosing Earth System Dynamics to share your interesting work.

With very best wishes,

Rui Perdigão
(ESD Editor)