Thank you for your thorough review. Please refer to the attached document on the detailed authors response.

The reviewer addressed very important points regarding missing data presentations and a not sufficiently supported line of argument of the presented wake forming mechanisms. In hindsight the authors realized that too many assumptions and prior knowledge was expected from the reader that is only known to people who have dealt extensively with the topic at hand. Subsequently, the manuscript was extensively revised. In particular, the discussion of the single-rotor wakes, which form the basis for the subsequent analysis, was expanded by presenting additional data from the experimental study at hand, as well as further literature addressing the same mechanisms.

The authors also added a schematic drawing to help illustrate the complex three-dimensional nature of clockwise and counterclockwise rotating wakes and its relevance to the results found. It certainly helps the reader to follow the argumentation and conclusions given in the manuscript and solves the questions raised later in the document.

For a more detailed display of what has been deleted, adapted or changed, please refer to the differential file provided.