The Land Surface, Snow and Soil moisture Model Intercomparison Program (LS3MIP): aims, set-up and expected outcome

We thank the reviewers, editor and representatives from the various organisational units of the CMIP panel for their constructive comments on the LS3MIP documentation paper. Although the LS3MIP protocol as described in this paper can be regarded as a reference document guiding the implementation of the experiment, many questions on technical and scientific aspects still arise as the experiment is being set up and critically evaluated. We therefore welcome the editors suggestion to provide a version number to the experimental description, as future redesigns or reconsiderations may be likely.

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