Articles | Volume 26, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-665-2022
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Research article
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10 Feb 2022
Research article |
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A new large-scale suspended sediment model and its application over the United States
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- Final revised paper (published on 10 Feb 2022)
- Preprint (discussion started on 30 Sep 2021)
Interactive discussion
Status: closed
Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor
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RC1: 'Comment on hess-2021-491', Zhengdong Cao, 04 Nov 2021
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Hongyi Li, 21 Dec 2021
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RC2: 'Comment on hess-2021-491', David Waterman, 08 Nov 2021
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Hongyi Li, 21 Dec 2021
Peer review completion
AR – Author's response | RR – Referee report | ED – Editor decision | EF – Editorial file upload
ED: Publish as is (04 Jan 2022) by Fuqiang Tian
AR by Hongyi Li on behalf of the Authors (10 Jan 2022)
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This study developed a new process-based suspended sediment module based on MOSART within E3SM. The new model, MOSART-sediment, consists of an existing soil erosion module, a new riverine sediment module and a new resevoir module with both reservoir trapping and regulation mechanisms incoroporated. It is then applied to CONUS for long-term average suspended seidment discharge simulations. The historical data are reasonably captured, and the reservoir effects are well analyzed. Overall, the manuscript is of a high quality considering that 1) two study objectives are clearly stated and well acheieved; 2) model implementations and results are clearly described; 3) model uncertainty and reservoir effects are also discussed.
My main comment is on section 2.2.1, where I think the authors should describe the ELM-erosion model even more briefly and focus more on how it is applied/manipulated in this study. For example, how did this study 'refine the MMF'? Another obvious place needs improvement is the description of the paper outline at around Line 145; I have highlighted it in the manuscript. I also provided some comments/edit suggestions in the attached pdf file. I believe the manuscript is ready to be published once these are addressed. I am happy to take another round of review but I don't think it is necessary.