Dear Dr Le Grix & co-authors,

I have carefully read your letter which seems to address most of the comments and suggestions raised by both Referees. Yet, some of your responses are somewhat partial. This is the case in particular for the followings:

-Question by Referee #1 « Figure 2. Why is just the time period 2013-2015 shown? And why this location?) » :
Your response addresses this question but my understanding is that you do not intent to modify the manuscript accordingly, while it should be as readers may have the same concern was the Referee.

-Question by Referee #2 «I would recommend that a duration threshold be used… » :
In your response you indicate that « a 5-day threshold for LChl events and compound events is more impact relevant than any other threshold ». My impression is that, although acceptable, this response is quite vague and thus not compelling. If possible, I suggest you bring some quantitative elements to this response and/or relevant references.

-Question by Referee #2 « Second, additional climate indices used by Holbrook et al. … » :
Your response is that you agree with this comment and included the proposed climate indices in your analysis. Yet, there is no mention of actual changes in the text or figures. Even, your response to the Referee’s suggestion about l. 340 suggests you do not intent to bring modifications to your manuscript « …climate modes that we omitted in our study (e.g. the Pacific Decadal Oscillation… ». Please clearly account for this important comment and address it carefully both in the revised manuscript and the responses-to-referees document.

- Question by Referee #2 on l. 159 « How did you attribute events spanning several phases… » :
Again, your response addresses the question but it does not seem you intend to modify the manuscript accordingly. I recommend you do so as readers may have the same question as the Referee.

Finally, I suggest you add to the maps a reference grid indicating main parallels and meridians, which I think would be very useful to the readers (some of them will necessarily be interested in specific areas which they will want to locate easily).

Please upload your revised manuscript, including the text, figures and supplementary material. Make sure that all the modifications are clearly highlighted (e.g., in a different color). Please also upload your responses to the Referees, including the lines and/or pages where you made modifications in order to accommodate the Referees’ comments.

Thank you.

Sincerely,
Julia Uitz

I am pleased to see that your contribution to this Special Issue was well received by the reviewers, and fully support the Associate Editor's assessment and decision.
Michael Bahn

Dear co-authors,
Thank you for the revised version of your manuscript, which I am glad to accept for publication in BG.
Kind regards,
Julia Uitz