Soil Hydrothermal Dynamics in the Hengduan Mountains of Southeast Tibet and Associated Influencing Factors

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Article: Soil hydrothermal dynamics in the Hengduan Mountains of Southeast Tibet and Associated influencing factors

Comments to Authors

In the introduction section of the article please update the reasons why soil water and soil temperature are considered crucial for ecosystem restoration and sustainable development.

In section 2.1 the study you have selected soil hydrothermal dynamics in climate-sensitive areas like the Hengduan Mountains. Why you selected this study area only, this is due to data availability or due to complexity of the data. Please update the source from where the data is obtained.

Do the dynamic change patterns of soil hydrothermal and meteorological factors impact climate modeling and prediction? What are the challenges faced during such modelling.

Can you explain in detail the impact of precipitation and why it is referred to as "bimodal" in the study, what does it signify?

What is the role of precipitation in the soil water content and temperature at a depth of 150 cm? How does the 20°C change in atmospheric temperature affect the soil temperature above 150 cm?

Based on the outcomes of the study, can you predict how could findings from the Hengduan Mountains be relevant to global climate change understanding and water resource management?

Minor

In Figure 1 (c) update the legends in the axis itself.

 

In section 2.2 why the text (Figure 1d and 1e) is large.

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Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

The manuscript is based on observation of one year. It is not enough to make general conclusions.

The conclusions may be not always true for

１．Other years

２．Other sites

３．It is widely recognized there are temperature effects in dielectrically measured SWC. Many removal algorithm have been proposed. It is better to evalute the impacts of TEｓ．

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Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

It is improved largely. As the authors added in the conclusion, the short and narrow temporal and spatial coverages are still there. Hope the authors can make the conclusions more general in their future works. 

Comments on the Quality of English Language

I am not qualified to assess the quality of English in this paper.