Dear Author,

Thank you very much for your very complete and detailed replies to the Referees. Please consider the following minor technical corrections before publication of your paper:

-On line 232, I propose to clarify what the "data request" is with something like "The CMIP6 data request, which contains the list of all variables requested for each MIP, is at: ..."

-On line 279, you propose a "reference simulation (control-slab) ... using the mixed layer depth climatology". I suppose you mean that the thickness of the slab ocean will vary for each grid point following the mixed layer depth climatology? If this is so, maybe you could be a bit more precise and specify that the mixed layer depth climatology will contain one value for each month for each grid point, or something equivalent for clarity?

-On p.8 and 9, why did you keep "DynVar" (i.e. why didn't you change "DynVar" for "DynVarMIP") in "DynVar diagnostics"?

-On line 630, I know of course that datasets can be available through ESGF with version control and DOIs assigned. But is that really also true for tools?

-On Fig. 4a, "Tambora" and "High Latitudes" appear on the figure but the legend does not use these words. Could you add in the legend "Tambora" before "black line" and "High Latitudes" before "blue line", or change "Tambora" for something like "equatorial" and "High Latitudes" for "extra-tropical" on the figure?

Thank you again and best regards