On the Genesis of the South China Sea Mesoscale Eddies
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The authors made an attempt to quantify the genesis of the South China Sea mesoscale eddies using high-resolution HYCOM reanalysis data by employing multiscale window transform. Their findings suggest that barotropic and baroclinic instabilities are predominant governing factors for the eddy genesis in the southwestern and northeast part of the South China Sea respectively. This study is very useful for understanding the mesoscale eddy dynamics. The manuscript is well written and the methodology is robust. I recommend the manuscript for publication, after addressing minor issues.
- How is this study delineating the dynamics of anticyclonic and cyclonic eddies?
- Input parameters and procedures for the MWT can be elaborated.
- Authors validated the MWT method with other existing methods?
Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
Thank you very much for your comments and suggestions.
We have revised and improved as you suggested.
Best regards,
Yuanzhi Zhang
On behalf of all co-authors
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Reviewer 2 Report
this paper deals with the energy budgets between scales and between kinetic and potential reservoirs in the South China Sea (SCS), with also calculations of the wind work and of the pressure work.
The multiscale window transform is used to distinguish the various scales.
the paper is rigorous, well presented and provides clear and well supported conclusions.
It should be published. No further review is necessary.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
Thank you very much for your comments and suggestions.
We have revised and improved as you suggested.
Best regards,
Yuanzhi Zhang
On behalf of all co-authors
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
