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epsl-revision-and-rebuttal

Use when responding to an Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL) revision decision. EPSL decisions are made by a subject editor on the advice of referees who often span two sub-fields, so the response must satisfy each specialist with evidence while keeping the Letter concise. It structures the revision and response letter; it does not fabricate new results.

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# Revision & Rebuttal (epsl-revision-and-rebuttal)

An EPSL revision has a specific tension: referees ask for additions — more standards data, another
sensitivity case, an alternative-hypothesis discussion — while the letters format refuses to grow.
The craft is to satisfy every technical demand *in the supplement and deposit* while the main text
stays near the cap, and to remember that the subject editor, not the referees, makes the call.

## When to trigger

- A major/minor revision decision arrived and you are planning the response
- Referees from different sub-fields pull in different directions
- A requested addition would blow the word cap
- Drafting the summary-of-changes note to the editor
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