Review Reports

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Dear authors,

The paper presents good understanding and analysis of the data.

However, I consider that it requiere revision when analyzing the data of Figure 7. In particular the whole paragraph between lines 360-396. The seasons the authors describe represent or are only valid for the northern hemisphere. They need to consider that the seasons are opposite in the southern hemisphere, hence they cannot make the seasons assumption for the whole world. Similar situation occurs when analyzing Figure 9. I also suggest that they use the same label in Figure 9 which should include the months for each season like in Figure 7.

As a result of the previous mistake, they also need to reformulate their conclusion (1) and (3).

One small error is found in line 225, It should read "dBZ" instead of "dBz"

 

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Reviewer 2 Report

The paper describes a methodology to improve the forecast quality of severe storms, based on the overshooting cloud top detection. Using geostationary satellite observations, the authors create an algorithm and validate the results using radar echoes and cloud images of MODIS.

The paper is easy to understand. The results are interesting as a first approach. Some minor corrections should be considered and English could be improved.

L33: storm -> storms

L35: thunderstorms two times... please correct

L106: Gettelman et al. (YEAR)

L182-L186: The format of mathematical expressions is poor and should be improved. c_1 and c_2 are written as superscripts, dots (•) are written between units, B is expressed before as B_() and after as B(), c_1 (c_2) first and c_1 (c_2) after...

L183: where the first constant -> where the constant

L183: the second constant -> the constant

Figure 1: In my opinion, this flowchart should be improved (too much text, too small... unclear)

 

 

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