Forecast of Changes in Air Temperatures and Heat Indices in the Sevastopol Region in the 21st Century and Their Impacts on Viticulture

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The study is interesting. You have used "varieties" and "cultivars." Please replace all "varieties" with "cultivars to be consistent. Your math projections are quite sound and can be significant. I made some edits to the manuscript. Please refer to the attached file for more information.

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Author Response

Response to Reviewer 1 Comments

Dear Reviewer!

We want to thank you for reading our paper carefully and for your valuable comments.

Below are the answers to your comments

The title has been improved.

All edits and suggestions were taken into account.

Lines 150 and 234: “Hot” is the title of class according to classification by Jones.

All "varieties" were replaced on "cultivars”

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Reviewer 2 Report

This is an interesting paper about future climatic scenarios for Sevastopol region. The paper is well written and the results are clearly presented. However, the aim of the study was to relate the climatic changes to the viticulture and I feel that this relation is not highlighted and discussed enough. I would be great to discuss this topic in more details. In addition, I am missing, at least, discussion about the additional, related to viticulture, climatic changes (i.e. precipitation) in the region.

Author Response

Response to Reviewer 2 Comments

Dear Reviewer!

We want to thank you for reading our paper carefully and for your valuable comments and suggestions.

Below are the answers to your comments:

Section “Discussion and Conclusions” has been expanded.

Comment: I am missing, at least, discussion about the additional, related to viticulture, climatic changes (i.e. precipitation) in the region

Answer: The purpose of the article was to analyze temperature indices in the future periods, since according to many studies, air temperature increases are observed everywhere and its further growth is predicted in the future, while precipitation trends are either absent or statistically insignificant.

We agree with you that precipitation also needs to be considered. Thanks for your suggestion, we will take it into account in our next article.

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