Peer-Review Record
Impacts of Quasi-Biennial Oscillation and El Niño–Southern Oscillation on Stratospheric Isentropic Mixing Process
Remote Sens. 2023, 15(11), 2715; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15112715
Reviewer 1:
Anonymous
Reviewer 2:
Remote Sens. 2023, 15(11), 2715; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15112715
Submission received: 4 April 2023
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Revised: 17 May 2023
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Accepted: 20 May 2023
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Published: 23 May 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multi-Scale Variability of Stratospheric and Tropospheric Ozone and Related Processes)
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
This manuscript study modulation of stratospheric mixing by QBO and ENSO. The stratospheric mixing is one of important processes that determine distribution of long-lived trace gases. The distribution of these trace gases influence stratospheric circulation, as well as surface weather. This topic is interesting and the manuscript generally is written well. From my side there are some comments to be considered before acceptation. Major comments: 1) the composite analysis for impact of ENSO on isentropic mixing should be done in other MEI limits instead of 0.5 only, such MEI > 0.1/0.2, etc. In this way modulation of isentropic mixing by ENSO may appear more significantly. 2) as far as I can see section 3.1 is not closely related to the main content of the manuscript. Minor comments: 1) the numbers along y axis in Figure 1is too small. 2) L228, “Fig. 1 displays the time series of QBO index and ENSO index at 50 hPa, respectively”. There is not ENSO index at 50 hPa actually. 3) tile of section 3.3 “Composite Analysis of stratospheric wave modulation by QBO and ENSO” could change to “Composite Analysis of modulation of stratospheric mixing by QBO and ENSO”. You are analysis the isentropic mixing instead of waves in this study. 4) L262 “Fig. 2c and Fig. 2d display interannual variability of isentropic mixing Intensity in the Northern Hemisphere in winter.” Intensity → intensity. 5) L74, “potential vortex (PV)” → “potential vorticity (PV)”. 6) L444, “Weak wind is conducive to the breaking of planetary waves” → “Weak wind is conducive to the breaking of nearly stationary planetary waves”. 7) L217, “A negative MEI value indicates the cold phase of ENSO, and an abnormally low value indicates a La Niña episode (MEI < 0.5)… ”. In this sentence, it is MEI < -0.5?Author Response
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Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
The authors have appropriately addressed my
comments. The manuscript has improved and now can be considered for publication.
