The authors have made some major improvements to the manuscript and taken on board the comments of the reviewers. There are still a couple of minor details that could be fixed, although none of these affect understanding the paper:
1. The last sentence in paragraph 2 on p. 12 ("The initial temperature ands salinity...spatial resolution') can be omitted as the same information is given again in the next paragraph.
2. The references to Nardelli on line 20 of p 12 should be to Nardelli et al.

3. The reference to Fig. 9 on line 15, p 15 should be Fig 8.
4. In line 29, p 17, the authors use the phrase "almost twice as less". I think they actually mean "slightly more than half."
5. In the reference list, the paper by Emmett et al is stated as being published in 2016. This should be 2006, as in the text.
6. Many of the references do not have complete author lists. I defer to the editors regarding the need for complete lists of all authors on papers cited.

Thank you for making the minor changes. I'm sorry about the huge lists of authors you had to add. Perhaps we can get some guidance from the Ocean Science editorial board as to how many names are need when there are more than 5 authors on a paper. I imagine the first three or four are enough.