Effects of Weather on Iowa Nitrogen Export Estimated by Simulation-Based Decomposition

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The article is mostly fine, therefore I recommend it is published as it is.  There are a few minor corrections, listed below:

• Line 45, "is also significantly impacts" -> is also significantly impacted
• Tables could use a smaller baseline spacing so that lines aren't too spaced out
• The overall quality of the graphics could be improved a little to avoid the pixel aliasing that makes the column spacing inconsistent in the bar charts

Author Response

We have made suggested changes to line 45 and all the tables.

The quality of figures 3 to 6 are improved as well.

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Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 2 Report

Dear authors.
In my opinion, this paper presents an interesting subject, although the manuscript needs to be improved in its introductory and results sections. It is necessary to improve the discussion of the results to give them greater validity and usefulness in the context of local and regional agriculture. it is also necessary to increase the number of referenced studies. 

I attach the document with the comments in general.
Regards

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

We see reviewer’s point of view and added text in the Introduction and Results sections to address the comments (highlighted with red color).

Additional relevant references are added as per the reviewer’s suggestion.

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Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 3 Report

This reviewer is satisfied with the current version of this manuscript.

Author Response

The authors would like to thank the reviewer for the comments.

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Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

Dear authors, thank you for including the recommendations