Dear Authors,

Thank you for submitting your manuscript for publication in the Biogeosciences Journal. Your manuscript has been reviewed by two referees.

Both referees agreed that the model intercomparison study discussed in your paper is valuable, the manuscript is well written and presents original work with strong relevance to the scope of Biogeosciences.

At the same time, both referees made a number of comments and recommended a number of clarifications and improvements. These comments have been addressed in the Authors’ responses to referees’ comments, and need to be incorporated in a revised version of the manuscript before publication. In addition, the Introduction section could be enhanced by a more detailed discussion on the need and motivation for this work. Please refer to the reviewers’ comments and your answers for the revisions.

I look forward to receiving your revised manuscript.

Maria Tzortziou
Editor, Biogeosciences

Dear Authors,

Thank you for submitting your revised manuscript and response to reviewers' comments. I have read your revised version and I am happy to inform you that your manuscript is now accepted for publication in Biogeosciences.

Best regards,

Maria Tzortziou
Editor, Biogeosciences