Spatial and Temporal Variability of ETo in Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China during 1957–2017
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
My submission for improving the manuscript as the following points mentions below as well as highlighted in the manuscript.
(i) Improve the methodology for getting the trend analysis for avoiding effect of series correlation. Such as pre-whiting etc…
(ii) The results may be presented as spatial in graph. All the figures represented such as temporal results
(iii) All the units which are using for analysis recheck.
(iv) In the all sections of manuscript rewritten as per standard format.
(v) Time periods which are considered for abrupt changes or trends should not be over lapping.
(vi) Seasonal ET0 is decreasing across the south, north, east Xinjiang observed decreasing. what is reason for that?
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Author Response
Dear Editors and Reviewers:
Thank you for reading and reviewing our manuscript, which will help us to improve it to a better scientific level. We revised the manuscript, and quite a few changes have taken place. Therefore, we have sent the revised manuscript, as well as a version containing all visible modifications. The main points mentioned by the reviewers will be discussed below.
With best wishes.
Sincerely Yours,
Jia Yanhui
2022.08.24
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Reviewer 2 Report
The issue of soil water storage and consumption has always been the focus of science and research in this area. It is known that the main income of water in the soil is through precipitation, and its consumption occurs through evapotranspiration - evaporation from the soil and transpiration from the crops. At the same time, the climate in different regions of the Earth's land surface changes on average over a period of 30 years. This is also the case for Xinjiang Province, for which the authors have conducted a study of ETO dynamics in time and space over the past 60 years. From this point of view, the work is useful and necessary, but there is a concern for Xinjiang Province in China. Well-known probabilistic statistical methods are applied, and evapotranspiration is calculated using the Penman-Monteith formula.
The number of measurement and observation stations, as well as the research methods and techniques, were correctly selected, taking into account the climate changes for a 60-year period, 1957-2017. The trends in the change of ETO for the study period were found. A serious drawback of the development is the lack of any information on the amount of precipitation in the 48 monitored stations, as well as the water deficit that is formed as a result of evapotranspiration, which, according to existing methodologies, determines the degree of drought. The last fact is important for agriculture and determination of appropriate agricultural crops with a view to full use of the agro-climatic resources of the given area and the necessity of optimization of the irrigation regime, even in the cases of cotton growing. Must be added this comparison and calculated balance between the sum of rainfall and the sum of reference evapotranspiration.
Author Response
Dear Editors and Reviewers:
Thank you for reading and reviewing our manuscript, which will help us to improve it to a better scientific level. We revised the manuscript, and quite a few changes have taken place. Therefore, we have sent the revised manuscript, as well as a version containing all visible modifications. The main points mentioned by the reviewers will be discussed below.
With best wishes.
Sincerely Yours,
Jia Yanhui
2022.08.24
Author Response File: Author Response.docx
Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
Dear, the manuscript is now improved with modified thoroughly. I have seen whole the modifications in the manuscript but still required to improve quality in maps and also references. Some of the references in capital letters. please check and do as per the journal format.
Author Response
Dear Editors and Reviewers:
Thank you so much for your comments on our manuscript. We have carefully considered all opinions and revised our manuscript, and we hope it will be approved for publication. The main changes in the manuscript and the answers to the reviewers' comments are in the attachment.
Kind regards,
Yanhui Jia
2022.08.28
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Reviewer 2 Report
I propose that the work be published
Author Response
Dear Editors and Reviewers:
Thank you so much for your comments on our manuscript. We have carefully considered all opinions and revised our manuscript, and we hope it will be approved for publication. The main changes in the manuscript and the answers to the reviewers' comments are in the attachment.
Kind regards,
Yanhui Jia
2022.08.28
Author Response File: Author Response.docx
