Dear Dr Zhang,

Thank you for your responses to the two referee comments. I appreciate your proposed revisions to address the issues raised and your manuscript could be acceptable for publication pending major revisions.

Accordingly, I invite you to submit a revised manuscript in line with the revisions you have outlined in your Author Response. I will most likely again seek the advice of one or two referees after receipt of your revised manuscript so please ensure that all the referee points are addressed in full.

I look forward to receiving your revised manuscript.

Best wishes, Helen
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Associate Professor Helen McGregor
School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences
University of Wollongong Australia

Dear Dr Zhang,

Thank you for your revised manuscript cp-2018-138. Your manuscript has been reviewed by two Referees. Both referees raise points that will need to be addressed before your manuscript can be published and please note that that Referee 3 has included additional points in an annotated pdf of the manuscript. Referee #3 in particular asks for more discussion of the results in the context of the broader literature.

This is an interesting and relevant manuscript suitable for publication in Climate of the Past, subject to these revisions, and I look forward to receiving the new version.

Best wishes,
Helen McGregor

Dear Dr Zhang

Thank you for your manuscript revisions and responses to the referees’ suggestions. The manuscript is a valuable contribution to understanding the tropical climate processes that lead to oxygen isotopes variability in tropical rainfall. I am pleased to accept your manuscript for publication.

Thanks again for submitting your work to Climate of the Past.

Best wishes,
Helen McGregor