Dear Author,

Thank you very much for your detailed and careful replies. I consider the manuscript is almost ready for publication but I have the following minor comments:
-p.2 1st line of the Abstract: please change "to ocean coupling ..." for "to surface coupling ..." to reflect the changes done in the title.
-p.4 last line of parag 2.1: I think it is misleading to use the words "ocean and ice grids" while the model where the internal interpolation is done is the atmospheric model, right? If my understanding is correct, can you find another way to refer to the ocean and ice surface conditions in the atmospheric model?
-p.5 line 7: please add "now" or "currently" in "... system is the default ..."
-p.5, lines 12 & 15: the word "values" is not precise enough as one could think it refers to the atm/ocean fluxes. I suppose that "values" refer to the atmospheric variables described in the 1st sentence of the paragraphe. If this is the case, please change "values" for "atmospheric variables".
-p.8 line 3: please add (not shown)
-Fig 5, please add "of surface fluxes and momentum drag" after "calculations" the first time it appears in the captions (i.e line 2)
With best regards,
Sophie Valcke

Thank you for those last minor revisions.