Evaluating the Impact of Soil Enthalpy upon the Thawing Process of the Active Layer in Permafrost Regions of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau Using CLM5.0
, Tonghua Wu 1, Lin Zhao 2, Xiaodong Wu 1, Guojie Hu 1, Jimin Yao 1, Junjie Ma 1, Wenhao Liu 1, Yongliang Jiao 1, Yao Xiao 1, Shuhua Yang 3, Jianzong Shi 1 and Yongping Qiao 1Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
In this study, the authors used CLM5.0 to assess the influence of soil enthalpy on the thawing process of the active layer in the permafrost zone of the Tibetan Plateau, there are several problems with the manuscript:
(1) There are some problems with the mapping (Figure 1), mainly in the following aspects: a) the scale is missing; b) are the left and right sides of the study area not shown in full? c) what data set or literature is the distribution of the permafrost extent and seasonal frozen ground based on? No citation added; d) What does the white part of the figure represent?
(2) In line 112, annual air temperature should be revised to mean annual air temperature.
(3) In line 206-207, the simulated data are linearly interpolated for comparison purposes; does this interpolation make sense due to the complexity of the soil composition and suggest adding references or data comparisons.
(4) The secondary heading headings in the results section should reflect what is included, the description is too brief.
(5) Many of the figures in the manuscript are missing significance tests, so I suggest adding significance tests (Figures 7 and 11)
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Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
Changes have been made in accordance with the recommendations. I suggest that the paper be published.
Reviewer 2 Report
All required changes have been made to MS. The MS may be published in this form.
