Articles | Volume 19, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-6663-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Ensemble forecasts of isolated and compound wind and precipitation extremes in Europe using HC-SWG (v3.1) and MA-SWG (v1.1) Stochastic Weather Generators
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- Final revised paper (published on 23 Jul 2026)
- Preprint (discussion started on 18 Nov 2025)
Interactive discussion
Status: closed
Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor
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RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2025-3662', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Jan 2026
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Meriem Krouma, 10 Feb 2026
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RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2025-3662', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Jan 2026
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Meriem Krouma, 10 Feb 2026
Peer review completion
AR – Author's response | RR – Referee report | ED – Editor decision | EF – Editorial file upload
AR by Meriem Krouma on behalf of the Authors (10 Feb 2026)
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ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (19 Feb 2026) by Emmanouil Flaounas
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (03 Mar 2026)
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (19 Mar 2026)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (27 Mar 2026) by Emmanouil Flaounas
AR by Meriem Krouma on behalf of the Authors (16 Apr 2026)
Author's response
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ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 Apr 2026) by Emmanouil Flaounas
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (22 Apr 2026)
ED: Publish as is (24 Apr 2026) by Emmanouil Flaounas
AR by Meriem Krouma on behalf of the Authors (25 Apr 2026)
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AA – Author's adjustment | EA – Editor approval
AA by Meriem Krouma on behalf of the Authors (13 Jul 2026)
Author's adjustment
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EA: Adjustments approved (17 Jul 2026) by Emmanouil Flaounas
The paper is interesting. It extends an approach developed by Krouma et al. (2024) to wind and precipitation forecasts.
Major comments
The reason why precipitation and wind speed are treated differently (with different versions of the SWG) is unclear and should be explained. This seems to add an unecessary complication to the manuscript.
A greater care should be used in the figures. Figure 2 mentions "Santander" on the right column, while it should be "Linkoping". The colors for Fig. 3 and 4 (among others) should be consistent across stations. Figure D1 is unreadable. What are the colors for? Figure E2 is very hard to read.
Who is likely to use such systems, which seem to require a complex layer of simulations on top of already complex datasets of ensemble forecasts?
Specific comments
Why are the procedures described in Secs. 3.1.1 and 3.1.2 relevant to extremes?
Please provide a map of the 9 stations (the reader might not be so familiar with European geography).
What do 20Q, 70Q or 90Q mean? This is not stated in the text. If 20Q is the 20th quantile of precipitation, this cannot be considered as extreme.
The "outperform" verb looks like an exageration. Since the SWGs are based on the forecast products, the least that can be achieved is an improved performance. The improvement for extremes is not clearly outlined.