Changes of Bioclimatic Conditions in the Kłodzko Region (SW Poland)
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
This paper carried out a bioclimatic analysis of several health resorts in Kłodzko region and found that the bioclimatic conditions are strongly related to the mezo-tropospheric circulation. In addition, non-linear deterministic approach combined with stochastic modeling was used to reconstruct the air temperature. The accuracy of the model was verified by comparison with air temperature measurements, and it is believed that this method can be generalized to other regions affected by microcirculation phenomena.
The paper is logical and well-structured, but there are several questions that the authors need to revise and answer.
In the last paragraph of the Introduction, the authors described the novelty of this study, whereas it is questionable whether the stochastic-deterministic model was used for the first time to reconstruct meteorological data. The Introduction does not contain sufficient relevant background information on the methods and research used to reconstruct climatic changes. The authors need to supplement the Introduction with relevant methods and research to give readers sufficient background to fully understand the significance and importance of climate data reconstruction using stochastic-deterministic models.
In addition, it should be stated what deficiencies of existing methods were addressed by this study.
Some other comments are mentioned below:
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There is no section 2.2. Subsections should be numbered correctly.
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The expression form of unit m⋅s− 1 is inaccurate. It should be m⋅s−1.
Please check the units of the whole manuscript, and try to make the expression format accurate and uniform.
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Air temperature Ta, mean radiation temperature Tmrt.
It should be Ta, Tmrt.
Some abbreviations should be formatted with subscripts. Ensure consistency of abbreviations throughout the article.
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The corresponding caption of the Table 1 is not stated.
There is no reference to Table 1 in the text of this manuscript.
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a different exposures
This is a grammatical error. Delete a.
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Reviewer 2 Report
This is an original and well-written manuscript about changes in bioclimatic conditions recorded along a long range time in different geographic regions of Poland. Sampling design is representative with a good standard. I read a good statistical analyses. Data appear reliable. Figures are readable (Figs 4 and 5: goods!). There are many points useful to climate scientists. However I think that this ms is a bit too descriptive and some further considerations in conclusions should be added. For example, the long term trends reported in Fig. 8 should be better discussed. What about climate change at regional level? Why bibliography about this increase at local, regional national level is scanty? Climate change has been considered an indirect multiscale effect of anthropogenic activities (see IUCN threat taxonomy and Salafsky’s et al. literature on Conservation Biology: for example: https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00937.x), In this regard some sentences (in conclusions) about implication of your data in the analysis of this indirect anthropogenic disturbances should be added (I suggest also the review included in the disturbance ecology handbook: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-32476-0, where climate change was reported and classified as human-induced disturbance). Conclusions need of final sentences explaining better your data. I suggest MINOR REVISIONS. I added below some suggestions that, I hope, could improve a bit the first draft of the ms.
POINTS
Please add some considerations and references in conclusions discussing your data (long term trends show an increase in temperature. This increase was a regional/local effect of global change? There are other possible local effect? What about human-induced climate changes as disturbance affecting your data? Manuscript should be supported with further sentences in this regard).
Table 2. Why the number of decimals is so high?
Add the role of anonymous reviewers in the Acknowledgments.
Check for English style and language. I am not a Mother Tongue but some sentence are poor readable.
I would like to read a reviewed version of this interesting manuscript.
Have a nice work.
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Reviewer 3 Report
Determining the bioclimatic conditions of a given place is very important for understanding the processes that occur, in a complex and interrelated way, between nature and its inhabitants. The present work shows how the UTCI is determined and how the non-linear model can be successfully applied. However, there are several aspects of writing and presentation of tables and graphs, that should be improved, such as:
• Careless typing like in line 177: in table caption is written: “This is a table. Tables should be placed in the main text near to the first time they are cited.”
• Equation 2 and equation 5 are missing.
• Text not justified between line 204 and line 210.
• Improper citation in line 206.
Additionally, the English style needs to be improved.
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Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
I think that this ms deserves to be published. Regards.
Author Response
Thank you for your valuable comments to make a manuscript more attractive
With regards
Reviewer 3 Report
The bioclimatic analysis is an important aspect for the study of the environmental impact on the development of populations exposed to extreme environmental conditions. Definitely, the absence of climatological data makes data processing, such as those presented in this article, relevant for certain geographical areas.
Despite the fact that various aspects of the article have been improved, there are still form errors that still need to be improved, such as spacing absence between the text and the reference, and the proper use of capital letters.
Finally, in the acknowledgments section, it is not recommended that the contribution of the reviewers be considered, they make the critical vision requested by the Editor of the journal.
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