Dear Dr. Rasmussen,

thank you for the replies to the comments of the three reviewers. I think that your replies are convincing and see that substantial effort has been made to take many of the comments into account. As I would like to give the reviewers the chance to comment on the replies, I decided on major revisions. This does not necessarily mean that major revisions are required, but is the only way to get the comments of the reviewers.

I have one point that I think should be taken into account, which relates to the comments of reviewer # 3. If the manuscript is very similar to an acompanying paper in HESS, it should be written explicitly and very clearly how the papers differ. I suggest to outline this in one or two sentences.

Best regards,
Insa Neuweiler

Dear Dr. Rasmussen,

thank you for your revision and the reply letter to the reviewers. I appreciate your effort with the revisions. As the reviewers had some major comments, the manuscript will now be sent through a second review process.

Dear Dr. Rasmussen,

two of the reviewers who reviewed your original manuscript have read your revised paper and both think that the paper can now be published. The second reviewer has some small comments, which are mostly technical, but two are (I think constructive) suggestions to improve the paper. One is a suggestion for an additional figure, a second one concerns a reference that is needed. I strongly recommend that you take these comments into account, but do not think that the manuscript needs to go through an additional revision round.

Best regards,
Insa Neuweiler