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The paper addresses an interesting topic related to modelling the turbulent wind field. They have applied a newly developed 2D turbulent wind generator to the load simulation of a floating wind turbine, comparing both DEL and response. The topic is of broad international interest since the floating wind turbine is an industry that is growing in several regions.

The paper is well written with a clear objective to investigate both DEL and response from the floater. The method seems to be clearly described and reproduceable. The results are also presented in a clear way. The discussions are all well argumented for.

I recommend this paper for publication, after including the comments below

comments:

1. Why are the simulations limited to one wave condition? It could have been interesting to have a typically wave for each wind speed, as they are important for how the response is for each wind speed. It would also give more realistic contribution to the DEL and to the response for each wind speed. I understand that the main focus here is the contribution of the wind to the DEL, but maybe the wind is contributing less to the DEL at higher wind speeds and so the relative importance is actually less. It may not be necessary to run the simulations over again, but it should at least be commented and mentioned.
2. Line 96: which is the IEC recommended model. Both the Kaimal spectra with coherence model and the mann turbulence models are recommended by IEC, consider refraising to “one of the recommended models by IEC”
3. Line 105: time Syed and Mann (2024b). Please improve the citation so that both name and year is within the brackets
4. In Figure 3 (b) the scaling parameter c is plotted. How is this related to the L_2D and sigma_2D values that is discussed in the lines 93-95? I might have missed it when I was reading, but I could not see the link.
5. Line 148. Stating that inclusion of 2D increases DEL is wrong, it is true for most cases, but not all cases.