Christopher Horvat responded to Dr. Armitage's comment regarding the paper "Estimating The Sea Ice Floe Size Distribution Using Satellite Altimetry: Theory, Climatology, and Model Comparison." He noted that Supplementary Figure S1 was missing from the zipped archive and provided it as an attachment, apologizing for the error. Figure 1 illustrates the effect of the chord number threshold on derived floe size statistics, as detailed in Text S2. The figure shows how different thresholds influence the statistical measures of floe sizes, highlighting the sensitivity of the results to this parameter. This indicates that the choice of chord number threshold can significantly affect the derived statistics, which is an important consideration for accurate sea ice floe size distribution estimation. The study emphasizes the importance of carefully selecting this threshold to ensure reliable results. The paper discusses the theoretical framework for estimating sea ice floe size distributions using satellite altimetry data, compares climatological data with model outputs, and highlights the challenges in accurately representing sea ice dynamics. The findings suggest that satellite altimetry can provide valuable insights into sea ice floe size distributions, but the accuracy of these estimates depends on the proper selection of parameters such as the chord number threshold. The study underscores the need for further research to refine these methods and improve the accuracy of sea ice monitoring.Christopher Horvat responded to Dr. Armitage's comment regarding the paper "Estimating The Sea Ice Floe Size Distribution Using Satellite Altimetry: Theory, Climatology, and Model Comparison." He noted that Supplementary Figure S1 was missing from the zipped archive and provided it as an attachment, apologizing for the error. Figure 1 illustrates the effect of the chord number threshold on derived floe size statistics, as detailed in Text S2. The figure shows how different thresholds influence the statistical measures of floe sizes, highlighting the sensitivity of the results to this parameter. This indicates that the choice of chord number threshold can significantly affect the derived statistics, which is an important consideration for accurate sea ice floe size distribution estimation. The study emphasizes the importance of carefully selecting this threshold to ensure reliable results. The paper discusses the theoretical framework for estimating sea ice floe size distributions using satellite altimetry data, compares climatological data with model outputs, and highlights the challenges in accurately representing sea ice dynamics. The findings suggest that satellite altimetry can provide valuable insights into sea ice floe size distributions, but the accuracy of these estimates depends on the proper selection of parameters such as the chord number threshold. The study underscores the need for further research to refine these methods and improve the accuracy of sea ice monitoring.