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.” [Richard Courtney (Reviewer’s comment ID #: 49-19)] SPM- A 10:1 10:1 This whole paragraph is without foundation.

imply that physical reasoning leads to this expectation. [Richard Courtney (Reviewer’s comment ID #: 49-31)] SPM- A 12:2 12:2 Add at end "But it is not known to what extent" Rejected no rationale given 1134 2 2 [VINCENT GRAY (Reviewer’s comment ID #: 88-2240)] SPM- A 12:2 12:3 There is a contradiction between the decades given on top of the plots (2011- Accepted.

If their accumulated errors were at the rate of [0.2 degrees C / 30 years] throughout the twentieth century, then this would account for all the ~0.6 degrees C rise they indicate occurred throughout that century. [Richard Courtney (Reviewer’s comment ID #: 49-10)] SPM- A 6:38 6:38 Replace "linear" with "average".

.” [Richard Courtney (Reviewer’s comment ID #: 49-12)] SPM- A 6:44 6:46 This whole paragraph is untrue.

SPM Comment: Delete the word “Widespread” because the table does not show that (it only says they happened), and the word “widespread” is not defined or justified in the table or the bulk of the document. [Richard Courtney (Reviewer’s comment ID #: 49-15)] SPM- A 8:17 8:18 Slightly picky comment, but speaking of "warm" and "cold" temperatures is like Rejected.

.” [Richard Courtney (Reviewer’s comment ID #: 49-17)] SPM- A 9:21 9:24 suggest including figure TS-23, as this gives an update of the information given See SPM 808 817 in graphical form in the TAR, which has been used and discussed widely.

meant here, and that is standard practicc in all science. [Richard Courtney (Reviewer’s comment ID #: 49-27)] SPM- A 11:4 11:4 SPM Comment: Delete “, representing a major advance over the TAR”.

Page:Line Comment Response ludicrously ambitious. [Richard Courtney (Reviewer’s comment ID #: 49-36)] SPM- A 14:2 14:3 This seems to me a little more obvious and missing out the more important point Partly accepted.

But their variations greatly differ from year to year. (ref. Rorsch A, Thoenes D and Courtney RS, (E&E v10 no2 (2005)). Indeed, on Page 2-11 Chapter 2 Section 2.2 Line 14 the draft Chapter admits that the airborne fraction of CO2 varies between 30% to 80% on 2 year time scales. 2.

.” [Richard Courtney (Reviewer’s comment ID #: 49-48)] TS-119 A 6:11 6:35 Looks like the the ref. to Fig TS1 should be TS2 (line 11) and TS2 should be TS1 (line 35) Agreed.