Development and Application of an Empirical Dune Growth Model for Evaluating Barrier Island Recovery from Storms
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The manuscript describes a simple empirically-based model to estimate the recovery of a barrier island after a storm.
I found the manuscript well written and interesting. I only have two suggestions, that the Authors might consider, for improving the presentation.
In my opinion the Abstract could be more concise. In particular I found the anticipation of the results too extended.
I suggest to insert a figure illustrating the model parameters.
Author Response
We appreciate the reviewer's feedback and suggestions. We have made the following changes in response, which we believe has improved the manuscript:
- We have shortened the discussion of the results in the abstract to make it more concise and focused.
- We have added a table (Table 1) containing the model parameters and their descriptions, and cross-referenced this table with Figure 2 (illustrating EDGR model application). Figure 2 had the model parameters included, but we realized from the reviewer's suggestion that a concise summary of those parameters and their definition/description would improve clarity. We added this table directly below the figure for easy reference.
Reviewer 2 Report
An excellent paper that clearly compares how effective a model of dune evolution is with lidar data. The method is clearly explianed and the results and analysis are clearly outlined.
Paper was very well written and no spelling errors were noted.
Author Response
We appreciate the reviewer's complimentary response. Since there were no specific changes requested, we have only made minor revisions based on the other reviewer's feedback.
