Assessment of Flood Risk Map under Climate Change RCP8.5 Scenarios in Taiwan

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Review for water-1500588 “Assessment of Flood Disaster Risk Map under Climate Change 2 RCP8.5 Scenarios”.

The study focuses on evaluation of risk map for floods in Taiwan that could be caused by climate change under the RCP8.5 scenario at the end of the 21st century for the reference period of 1979–2003, and the future project period of 2075–2099. The data developed by dynamic downscaling of the MRI MRI-JMA AGCM model for two different spatial scal including the township level and the 5×5 km gridded data for high-risk areas mainly in northern and southern parts of Taiwan.

Please see below for improving the quality of the manuscript. The paper can be published after applying minor revisions.

• Write the key words in alphabetical order. The number of key words is too short, increase the number of key words to 5 key words.
• Modify the introduction and improve the background of the study by adding more related papers to your study. Specially focus on the studies which have done before in Taiwan and show the similarities and differences between your study and the previous ones.
• Introduction, please specify the uniqueness of your study and add more details about your objective. The last paragraph of introduction is not written in a scientific way. It should focus on your objective(s) and clearly define why your research was done.

General comments:

• The manuscript minor required spell check. Grammar and style errors need to be corrected by a native speaker. The manuscript needs to be sent for English editing and needs English proof reading.

 

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Reviewer 2 Report

Title

The Title reflects the paper’s content accurately.

Abstract

The Abstract determines the paper’s content and objectives in a very manifest and complete fashion.

1. Introduction

 The Introduction is both adequate and highly informative. In L34 it should be added that increased frequency of extreme rainfall events causing floods may lead to after-the-event water scarcity [1]. This is manifested by irregularity in snow melting [2] which leads to time-inequitable over-feeding of blue water flows thus depleting its availability as a water source, in terms of green water which is momentarily overfed and in terms of erosion [3] which is a direct result of extreme rainfall events [4].  

 

2. Data and Methodology

 

Well-described as in Fig. 1 (The evaluation process for the flood disaster risk map under a climate change scenario). Flood disaster risk level and display and Application of flood disaster risk maps are particularly opportune.

 

3. Results and Discussion

Quite exhaustive and to the point.

4. Conclusions and recommendations

Precise and firmly based on the previous sections.

 References

[1]         Zisopoulou, K. and D. Panagoulia, “An In-Depth Analysis of Physical Blue and Green Water Scarcity in Agriculture in Terms of Causes and Events and Perceived Amenability to Economic Interpretation,” Water, vol. 13, no. 12, p. 1693, 2021, doi: 10.3390/w13121693.

[2]         Sezen, C., M. Šraj, A. Medved, and N. Bezak, “Investigation of rain-on-snow floods under climate change,” Appl. Sci., vol. 10, no. 4, 2020, doi: 10.3390/app10041242.

[3]         Efthimiou, N., E. Likoudi, D. Panagoulia, and C. Karavitis, “Assessment of soil susceptibility to erosion using the EPM and RUSLE models: the case of Venetikos river catchment,” Glob. NEST J., vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 164–179, 2016, doi: https://doi.org/10.30955/gnj.001847.

[4]         Martínez-Casasnovas, J. A., M. C. Ramos, and M. Ribes-Dasi, “Soil erosion caused by extreme rainfall events: Mapping and quantification in agricultural plots from very detailed digital elevation models,” Geoderma, vol. 105, no. 1–2, pp. 125–140, 2002, doi: 10.1016/S0016-7061(01)00096-9.

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Reviewer 3 Report

Dear authors,

Thank you for submitting your paper to the Water Journal. I believe your paper is an informative paper that can be published after a major revision.

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Round 2

Reviewer 3 Report

Dear authors,

Please revise the reference list and the English quality of the paper based on reviewers' comments.