Hi Judy -
Congratulations on its acceptance! It is a much needed contribution.
On the BAMS editorial process, your experience with the quick receipt of a Comment on your paper differs quite a bit with the BAMS handling of the Comment that I submiited on
Hurrell, J., G. A. Meehl, D. Bader, T. L. Delworth, B. Kirtman, and B. Wielicki, 2009: A unified modeling approach to climate system prediction. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 90, 1819–1832.
My comment languished for quite a few months, and ultimately appeared in 2010;
Pielke Sr., R.A., 2010: Comment on ” A Unified Modeling Approach to Climate System Prediction”, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 91, 1699–1701, DOI:10.1175/2010BAMS2975. http://pielkeclimatesci.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/r-360.pdf
They would not process my Comment (and not start the Reply process from Hurrell et al) until after their paper actually appeared.
Hopefully, your experience demonstrates that BAMS is now more timely than in the past.
Roger Sr.