The manuscript "Rate-Induced Transitions and Noise-Driven Resilience in Vegetation Pattern Dynamics" by Lilian Vanderveken and Michel Crucifix presents a very interesting investigation on understanding the resilience and stability of vegetation patterns in response to changing environmental conditions, particularly decreased rainfall. The key result is the identification of two critical timescales governing the system’s response to slow changes in the environment. Additionally, the authors also explored how spatially and temporally structured noise impacts vegetation resilience. Overall, the manuscript is clear, well written, and the research emphasizes how simple models can be helpful in identifying critical transitions for predicting ecosystem resilience. I only have some points to be clarified, before the manuscript can be accepted for publication. 

1. It would be useful to assess the stability of the results with respect to the intensity of the noise. I mean finding, if it exists, a relation and how it is robust between the critical transitions with varying noise amplitude. This would provide more information on the assessment of the role of noise-driven processes.

2. I find the results in Figure A2 very interesting and maybe suitable for description after considering my previous point. Indeed, it would be interesting to show directly a k-ω spectrum as a function of the noise intensity and how temporal/spatial covariance is captured through the noise process. 

3. My last point is on Figure 3. Would be possible to make an exponential fit of the black line to be compared with the resulting scaling?

4. As a minor point I would suggest a careful reading of the text to fix some typos, as below:

• please fix units (g.m^-2 should be written as g m^-2, etc)
• please check missing spaces in lines 71, 72, 91, 106
• Line 114: Figure 2 should be Figure 3
• Line 154: Figure 5 should be Figure 6

Based on an idealized model, the manuscript titled "Rate-Induced Transitions and Noise-Driven Resilience in Vegetation Pattern Dynamics" analyzes the responses of vegetation pattern dynamics to rainfall reduction with different rates and noises with different spatial and temporal structures. Intriguing outcomes are presented, including two critical timescales governing the system response to gradual environmental changes, and different behaviors under the impact of spatially and temporally structured noise. The results are insightful for understanding the specific characteristics of response of vegetation to climate change and ecosystem resilience. The manuscript are convincing and well-organized and worth to be published.

Specific comments:

1. The responses of vegetation to reduced rainfall rates is discussed in the manuscript. How about the responses in an increased rainfall scenario? Do these two inverse scenarios induce anti-symmetric responses? In other words, are the changes of vegetations due to increased and decreased rainfall reversible?

2. Noises are applied to two variables--- the biomass B and surface water W. What if the noises are applied to only one variables or all three variables?

Typos:

1. L91: "It is is linked"

2. L114: Figure 2 should be 3

3. L153: Figure 5 should be 6

4. In the caption of Figure 6: "On the top-bottom panel"