Dear Chih Ming-Tseh and co-authors

Both Anonymous Reviewer 1 and Anonymous Reviewer 2 have now returned their comments about your paper with recommendations for medium to major level revisions. Both reviewers’ comments are similar, in terms of improving the communication and organisation of the paper and a deeper explanation and discussion of the methods. This includes some specific comments (e.g., defining all variables and citing more existing literature) and more general comments about the overall flow of the paper and ensuring the title more accurately reflects the content of the paper. Please work through comments outlined by both reviewers.

Anonymous reviewer 2 has suggested there are too many sub-sections. However, both referees have suggested that the paper needs clearer organisation, so do consider keeping the sub-chapters if they help with the overall structure, but ensure they have a logical flow, and are appropriately divided.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you to both anonymous reviewers for their input.

Kind regards,

Faith Taylor

Dear Chih-Ming Tseng and Co-Authors,

Thank you very much for your thorough responses to the two anonymous reviews of your manuscript, which I am satisfied with. There are two minor items I would appreciate you addressing before we proceed - these should not take long to implement:

(a) Provide reference for the digital elevation model (DEM)

(b) With regard to reviewer 1 C25 comment, please provide a little more information about the inventory of landslides used in this paper.

I look forward to seeing the revised version of this manuscript. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any further questions.

Kind regards,

Faith