The authors would like to thank Bob Harvey at CompX for providing GENRAY and CQL3D code. We would also like to thank the referees for their critical reading and helpful comments on our manuscript. This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11405082, 11375085, 11675073), the Construct Program of Fusion and Plasma Physics Innovation Team in Hunan Province (NHXTD03), and the Construct Program of Hunan Provincial Education Department (14C1001).