It is apparent that pyCECT 2.0 is a far from perfect solution to the problem under consideration, of evaluating the statistical consistency of ocean model components of ESMs. It also seems to me, however, that this is an advance over previous work. I am therefore inclined towards enabling publication, as this work may become a stepping stone to greater advances in future.

In order for a paper of this nature (a brave and imperfect attempt at a difficult topic) to be accepted as a valuable contribution to the state of knowledge there needs to be sufficient discussion of the weaknessss and caveats. It is therefore imperative that you provide a full response to the latest reviewer. As you will see, this includes going back to the first round of reviews and making sure that the content of the discussion provided in the response to the reviewers is also included in the main text of the manuscript.