Thank you very much for such excellent referee selection. Referees' probing suggestions have led us toward a deeper appreciation of our study, and the report has correspondingly turned out to be more accessible to readers. We apologize for the delay in our response. The new simulations, we conducted in response to referees' comments, were a bit lengthy. However, by these additional simulations, we have greatly clarified the difference ..., and we think that our study' s novelties have turned out to be more readily apparent to readers.
We have replied to all referee suggestions and have revised our manuscript accordingly by implementing the following four major revisions.
Firstly, following the suggestions of both referees, we compared the findings of earlier studies with those of our study. For example, we added the following comment on page 2, line 11 from the top:
to promote a better understanding of the novelties of our study
We appreciate the reviewers' constructive comments, and we hope that our paper is now acceptable for publication in the Journal of ...
