I have posted a comment on 7 September where I requested some changes before you submit the revised version. This seems to be overlooked. Please note the procedure that authors' final response and submission of a revised version for consideration in OS are different things.
I will send a revised version out for review after you address my comments.
Thank you,
Ilker

Please see the comments of reviewer 2. Also please make a further effort to improve the language and style.

I am surprised to see that you have not read/checked the manuscript after the changes you applied. The inserted red text mostly does not integrate well into the manuscript. I am puzzled with the lack of care. Please make the following edits (and further improvements as you see fit).


Li 11: As a result of fusion during merging, the total eddy kinetic energy decreases slightly.

Li 12: delete "significantly"

Li 13: original level prior to merging.

Li 14: PE is converted to EPE

Li 19: coherent vortices (not vortexes)

Li 20: and transport heat, salt, and other passive tracers over long distances

Li 21: by trapping tracers with the water

Li 24: do not have a core or a well-defined eddy radius.

Li 25: delete “is from incoherent eddies”

Li 26: delete “is mostly due to incoherent motions”

Li 88-89: Delete: “If the SSTA index > 0, then the eddy was identified as a surface AE. Otherwise, if the SSTA index < 0, then the eddy was identified as a subsurface AE.”

Li 332: merging functions similar to a

Li 334: There is a long-standing question of which physical processes govern the seasonal variability of EKE

Li 335: delete “of such problem”

Li 408: delete “long-term”

Li 409 to 415:
Replace “Several conservation laws were examined using a two-layer model with parameters fitted to observations, as listed in Table 1. However, only two conservation laws (mass and total circulation) held with the eddy parameters. The third conservation law for AM also held when it was accounted for properly by including the orbital AM, a previously overlooked value. Both circulation conservation laws and orbital AM were overlooked in previous theoretical studies. This study provides new insights beyond those of previous similar studies, including explaining some previous points of confusion.”

With:
“Conservation laws of mass, total circulation, and angular momentum (AM) were examined using a two-layer model and parameters obtained by fitting to observations. While the conservation laws of mass and total circulation were satisfied with the eddy parameters, the conservation of AM required including the orbital AM. Both the conservation of circulation and the orbital AM were overlooked in previous theoretical studies.”

Thank you,
Ilker