Both reviewers agreed on the fact that the approach followed by the authors was novel and of interest to the community. However, they requested to improve the justification of some methodological choices made by the authors, to provide additional information/figures and to correct typos throughout the text. Some of these changes have been made by the authors in their replies to the reviewers' comments. The authors should address all the points outlined by the reviewers when revising the manuscript. Attention should also be paid to improve English language throughout the manuscript (including in the text added to reply to the reviewers' comments). We are looking forward to receiving the revised version of your manuscript!

Thanks to the authors for their reply to the reviewers' comments. The discussion could be prolonged, but I think that the clarifications added by the authors in the text are sufficient at this stage. However, I think that English should be improved throughout the manuscript before considering the final acceptance of the paper. I also recommend the authors to include the text provided as footnotes in the main text when revising their manuscript. Comments of the co-authors should also be removed from the revised version of the text... I'm looking forward to receiving the revised version of your manuscript.

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