Simulation of Dynamic Evolution of Ring Current Ion Flux by a Lunar Base Energetic Neutral Atom (ENA) Imaging
, Qinglong Yu 1,2,3, Shuai Jia 1,2,3, Zhong Xie 1,2,3, Jian Lan 1,2,3 and Yuan Chang 4
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
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Need to be improved at some parts.
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please see attachment
Reviewer 2 Report
In this work the authors propose a macroscopic model of substorms related to the dynamic evolution of ring currents, and present the possibility of confirming the causal sequence of some of those critical node events of substorms with the lunar base ENA imaging measurement. IBEX, operating in the ecliptic plane, may even have given examples of telemetry of ring current ion fluxes through ENA measurements during substorms/quiets.
I think this is a thoughtful and interesting work that deserves to be published in Astronomy.
As I carefully checked the whole manuscript, it has been well-written. I would like to recommend it for publication in its current form.
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Thank for your recommendation.
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Reviewer 3 Report
Well structured research article focusing on a macroscopic model of substorms aimed at describing the dynamic evolution of ring currents, and giving us a chance to confirm the causal sequence of certain critical node events of substorms with lunar-base ENA imaging measurements.
The article contains sufficiently original results to be published in MDPI Astronomy.
It meets the criteria of scientific quality and relevance for this journal.
It is also well formatted for publication.
Before recommending the manuscript for publication, I propose that Authors take care of the following language-related remarks (see the next block).
1. Line 23: 'distribute' -> 'distributes.
2. Line 55: 'direct measurement evidence' -> ' any direct-measurement evidence'.
3. Lines 60-62: '3rd section' -> 'Section 3' and so on.
4. Lines 76-77: the sentence right after Ref. [11] sounds a bit confusing. Could you please reformulate it?
5. 161: 'emission' -> 'emissions'.
6. 321: 'moon - based' -> 'Moon-based'. By the way, should not 'Moon' be written everywhere with a capital 'M'?
Author Response
Thank you for your recommendation and suggestions on the manuscript, and I have made corresponding revisions according to your suggestions.
