Extreme Hydrometeorological Conditions of Sediment Waves’ Formation and Migration in Peter the Great Bay (The Sea of Japan)

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Review of the manuscript “Extreme hydrometeorological conditions of sediment waves formation and migration in the Peter the Great Bay(the Sea of Japan)” by A. Samchenko, G. Dolgikh, I. Yaroshchuk, A. Kosheleva, A. Pivovarov, V. Novotryasov

 

The manuscript describes an original scientific research and its topic corresponds to the subject area of the journal. Materials described in the manuscript replenish the collection of still insufficiently numerous full-scale instrumental field observations of baroclinic wave motions in the water column and sediment waves on the seabed.

 

But the following questions and remarks arise about the subject of the manuscript and its contents.

 

1.       The manuscript structure is not balanced, there are unjustified repeats in the text, similar paragraphs, there are also some confusions: for example, the hydrological complex is first mentioned on line 213, while its description is given further in the paragraph beginning from line 260. Often this is a collection of unrelated paragraphs. They need to be arranged. It may be worth adding the sections like Regional Features (having geological and hydrological parts and description of typhoons) and Materials and Methods (describing field measurements setup, format of the resulting data series etc.) after the Introduction as well as a separate section with the theory of internal waves, and necessarily a section with a description of the results.

2.       It is necessary to show and prove that the observed waves correspond to the approximation and can be described by the given equations. Why are the equations given at all if they are not used further either for calculations or for estimates? Where does relation (4) come from? The authors do not give its derivation and do not provide a reference to the source. An explanation is required. Why the sign of the quadratic nonlinearity is so important, there are also no references.

3.       More data analysis demonstrating the relationship between hydrodynamic and sedimentation processes should be presented.

4.       Spaces between words are often missed in the text. Difficult to read. Editing required.

5.       There are some problems with language expression.

 

The manuscript can be accepted for publication after significant revision, connected to the listed issues.

Author Response

The authors would like to thank the Reviewers for valuable remarks and comments. The text was revised according to the recommendations:

1. The text was edited. All spelling and grammatical errors pointed out by the Reviewers were corrected.
2. Abstract was shortened to 404 words.
3. We added two new Sections: "2. Materials and Methods" and "5. Critical current velocities."
4. We tried to avoid repeating by moving the material to Section "2. Materials and Methods." This caused appropriate changes in the list of references.
5. Figures 1, 2a, 2band 2d with their captions were revised.
6. We added new Figures 6 and 7 with the corresponding text.

Sincerely,

Aleksandr Samchenko

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Reviewer 2 Report

1.Content of abstract seems longer, it can be improved more solid.

2.There are some error typing in line 411, 428, 498, and 521, etc.. Please check and make corrections. 

3.Besides the consideration of water depth and sediment  grain size to critical speeds calculation, it is suggested to investigate and discuss what about the influence of typhoon wave steepness and bottom profile slopes. 

Author Response

The authors would like to thank the Reviewers for valuable remarks and comments. The text was revised according to the recommendations:

1. The text was edited. All spelling and grammatical errors pointed out by the Reviewers were corrected.
2. Abstract was shortened to 404 words.
3. We added two new Sections: "2. Materials and Methods" and "5. Critical current velocities."
4. We tried to avoid repeating by moving the material to Section "2. Materials and Methods." This caused appropriate changes in the list of references.
5. Figures 1, 2a, 2band 2d with their captions were revised.
6. We added new Figures 6 and 7 with the corresponding text.

 

With respect to the Reviewer's suggestion:

"3. Besides the consideration of water depth and sediment grain size to critical speeds calculation, it is suggested to investigate and discuss what about the influence of typhoon wave steepness and bottom profile slopes."

This remark requires additional research, which we plan to conduct in future.

Sincerely,

Aleksandr Samchenko

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

The authors took into account most of the comments in the revised version of the article, and it can be published.