Statistical Analysis of Mesovortices during the First Rainy Season in Guangdong, South China
, Yuanyuan Ju 2,3, Zhenyu Wu 1, Shushi Zhang 4, Xunlai Chen 5 and Qi Xu 6
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The paper statistically explored characteristics of mesovortices (MVs) during the first rainy season (April–June) in South China from 2017 to 2019, including their spatio-temporal distributions, structural features and favorable environmental conditions. The topic is very interesting and has important implications for MVs forecasts. The manuscript is well written and organized. While I found some minor issues need to be addressed before publish.
1. Different colors should be employed in figure 2 based on different lifetime in table 1.
2. Line 186：the reference should be added to support that “-----which is similar to the characteristics of the MVs in the YHRB”
3. Lines 203-217: the mechanism of diurnal variation should be discussed by other works, not just deduced
4. The mean rainfall should be added in table 2
5. The authors should give more vertical variables for MVs formation. Sun as vertical motion and unstable stratification conditions
6. uneven should be unevenly at lines 23 and other lines
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Reviewer 2 Report
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Reviewer 3 Report
The paper “Statistical Analysis of Mesovortices During the First Rainy Season in South China” by Ying Tang et al. analyzes some characteristics of mesovortices by statistical analyses calculated from Doppler radar observations and ERA5 reanalysis data. The paper is well written. Some minor points are reported below.
- Line 77 “supercelluar” should be “supercellular”
- In Figure 4b the percentage sum is 101%.
Line 193-197 I cannot understand the meaning of “not shown” in this context. For the 9200 station is shown that most of the MVs occur in June compared to April and May. For the northern and western Guangdong stations, it is more realistic to use the expression “less significant” instead of “no significant” because there are some differences between the months. Furthermore, the sentence “The number of MVs generated in 196 each month (April to June) is almost the same Figure 5(a)” is not clear, because the number of MVs cannot be inferred from Figure 5a.
Line 204 "Figure 5” is “Figure 5b”.
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Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
The authors have addressed my previous concerns, and I now recommend accepting the manuscript for publication.
