Dear authors,

thank you very much for submitting the revised version of your interesting manuscript. I find that you have adequately addressed all reviewers' comments, and am happy to accept your manuscript for publication.

Before publication, you might however want to have another look at section 3. I still find it quite hard to follow, and am worried that "the big picture" of your analysis is currently hidden too much among the details of your analysis. Possible solutions would include

1. To move all details of section 3 into the supplemental material and to incorporate "the big picture" into section 2 or
2. To re-write section 3 yet again, with a focus on the actual aims of your analysis. So starting with "We want to compare the correlation patterns between SLP and SIE in model simulations with the observational record. In order to do so..." By this approach, it becomes more clear what you want to achieve, which then might make it easier to follow the actual methods.

However, this is just a recommendation, which is why I have marked this as a "technical correction". Just see if you want to follow this suggestion.

Note also that the actual document you submitted without track changes did not contain any figures. I was hence unable to check the reference to individual figure numbers etc. Please double check that all is well there.

Thanks again for submitting this interesting work to "The Cryosphere".

All the best for now, and I look forward to seeing your next study :-)

All the best,

Dirk Notz