Dear Barbara,

Thank you for your thorough response to the reviewers comments. You have addressed all the pertinent issues raised by the reviewers and I would now like to invite you to submit a revised version of the manuscript with the proposed changes made.

Thanks for taking the time to provide such detailed responses.

With very best wishes,

Chris

Dear Barbara,

Thanks very much. I must apologise for the delay. I've been away and just catching up.

As you know, the PAGES 2k Network is working towards having all data publicly available. Before I accept the manuscript can you resolve the following issues:

1.: The URL link to the data archive for this study returns an error. Please confirm this is functional (prior to publication).

2.: Please allow the editor to review the data that will deposited at NOAA Paleoclimatology

3.: Add Table S1 to the data archive for this study; include it on the NOAA-Paleo landing page.

4.: Double check that all of the “original data URL” links in Table S1 are correct and functional. The ones that end in “.txt” appear to return error messages.

Hope this sounds doable. Give me a shout if any problems and thanks once again for a great submission.

All the very best, Chris