The author addressed all the reviewers comments. The paper is ready for publication in the present form.

Authors addressed all the reviewer's suggestions in the open discussion. I reccommend the authors to correct the paper accordingly.

Paper can be accepted after several minor corrections suggested by referree.

Only a few corrections are requested by reviewer.


Review report of the manuscript entitled “Quarterdiurnal signature in sporadic E occurrence rates and comparison with neutral wind shear” by Jacobi et al. The authors have addressed the issues raised in the past review satisfactorily. Therefore, the manuscript can be accepted for publication subject to a few minor corrections provided below.

P2, L.20: Put “The” before “Solar tides…..”
P2, L.33: correct “publications report” to “publications reported”
P9, L11: correct “teh” to “the”
Correct “middle latitudes” to “mid-latitudes” everywhere in the manuscript.
P10, L.14: correct “Amplitude” to “The amplitude”
P10, L29 & 31” correct “similar as in…..” to “similar to….”