Effects of Cyclical Climate Change on Water Temperature Characteristics of Permafrost Slopes

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

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Reviewer 2 Report

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The manuscript “Effects of cyclical climate change on water temperature characteristics of permafrost slopes” examines the effects of freeze-thaw phenomena on slope stability

. The main question addressed by the research is “Which are the variations in hydrothermal characteristics in slopes”. The main question was addressed implementing a freeze-thaw model and a hydrothermal coupling model.

Studies on the hydrothermal characteristics in slopes are relevant for analysing landslide and slope stability. Thus, the work may be relevant for the academic community.

Despite its potential value, some revisions must be done before accepting the manuscript.

The abstract does not anticipate the methodology and the results of the study. It is important for the readers to have a clear and effective preview of the article in the abstract.

The Introduction does not highlight the gap that the research aims to fill. Provide insights on the relevance and uniqueness of your work.

The Material and Methods are well explained. The Results section must be renamed “Results and Discussion” and must explore the practical applications of the work and its strengths compared to other models, as well as any critical issues and how to improve them with future studies

Figures 1 and 2 must be explained (in the caption)

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Reviewer 3 Report

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Effects of cyclical climate change on water temperature characteristics of permafrost slopes

general comment - the model method and results are described in detail but there is limited discussion or critical appraisal of model performance in the context of published literature.  The discussion requires further engagement with the published literature.  There are also a number of unreferenced statements in the results section.   

line 144 'The soils in the test were taken from the landslide slopes' - how? how many? what was the sampling arrangement spatially and temporally?  The model is described in detail but there is little information on the sampling protocol of the soils used to validate it.  How were each of the red clay parameters in Table 1 measured?  also Table 2. 

Figure 2 - minor formatting issue

line 199 'characteristics of cover materials (such as snow melting and surface layer humidity changes) not being fully considered' - can this be elaborated on - in what way were they not fully considered and what is the potential impact on model accuracy

 

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Round 2

Reviewer 3 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

comments addressed