Interactive comment on “Complex Networks Reveal Teleconnections between the Global SST and Rainfall in Southwest China” by Panjie Qiao et al

General: The general idea of the paper seems relevant and interesting to me. Complex networks are a reasonable choice to study teleconnections in climate systems. Their use in climate science has increased in the last decade, but I am not aware of an application to this region. Furthermore, two-parameter networks are still a rather novel method in this field. However, there have already been several studies linking SST and rainfall in China using different approaches (Zhou et al. 2010, Wu et al. 2012). Furthermore, the chosen region is rather small and its special importance (if there is any) was not made clear to me. I do not see a reason speaking against extending the study area to China as a whole.