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General comments:
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* 329: Pls provide an exact reference/link to a public accessible repository
for your data/information.Thank you for submitting your revised manuscript in response to the reviewers'
and editor's comments. In future submissions, pls provide a detailed letter of
response on your manuscript changes corresponding to reviewer's and editor's
comments. Doing so will significantly reduce delays in assessing the revised
version(s).

After careful consideration of your revised manuscript I recommend its acceptance,
subject to some minor editorial corrections, including those shown below. --
Congratulations to a well revised manuscript.




General comments:
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* 329: Pls provide exact reference/link to a public accessible repository
for your data/information.

* Naming:
Suggest to change "CICE5 free run" to "free CICE5 run" (442 & 486).