Dear Authors,
Thank you very much for the carefully formulated responses to the referee reports, and for the willingness to revise the manuscript towards addressing the raised concerns. At this stage, I hereby return the manuscript for the authors to materialize the recommended and agreed improvements, and look forward to the revised version.
With best regards
Rui Perdigão

Dear Authors,
Thank you very much for your careful and thorough diligences towards improving the submitted manuscript. Your diligent efforts have largely succeeded and are highly appreciated.
Therefore, at this stage only brief minor concerns and technical corrections remain to be addressed (please refer to Report #1) prior to final acceptance for publication at Earth System Dynamics.
With very best wishes,
Rui Perdigão
(ESD Editor)

Dear Authors,
Having thoroughly verified the scientific readiness of the manuscript for final publication and the author responses to the most recent minor concerns, it is my pleasure to issue the present acceptance letter. The manuscript will now undergo copyediting and typesetting for final publication at Earth System Dynamics.
With very best wishes,
Rui Perdigão
(ESD Editor)