Dear authors,
as the referees were very positive in their reviews, I am asking you to submit a revised version of your manuscript.

Please revise the manuscript according to the referees’ comments.
This also includes adding some more details on the identification and characterization of figure 8 loops and other more complex loops (you already suggested in your response that a separate analysis of +/- aspects plus a combination of measures can be helpful here). I also agree with the first comment of referee 2 and would like to see a bit more discussion on the background of hysteresis and the usefulness and interpretation of the index as was asked for by the referee.
Please also provide a visual aid for clarification of the method and the calculation of the HI over different increments/sections.

As to the title, you are now suggesting: Technical Note: Testing an improved index for analysing storm hysteresis dynamics. What about clarifying in the title that you are looking specifically at discharge-concentration relationships? For example – Technical Note: Testing an improved index for the analysis of discharge-concentration hysteresis.

I am looking forward to receiving your revised manuscript!
Best regards,
Theresa Blume

Dear authors,
thank you for submitting the revised version of your manuscript.
I have gone over the changes you made and have re-read the entire manuscript and found that it would still profit from a few minor revisions, mostly related to clarifying some of your statements and some aspects of the figures.
Please find my comments in the attached pdf.
Best regards,
Theresa Blume

Dear authors,

only two more minor points:

Figure 3: please increase the size of the dots (they are hardly visible on the line)

Please look through your figure captions: you might want to remove the initial “Plots showing”, “diagram showing”, “showing”, “illustrate” and start right away with what can be seen on the plots.

Best regards,
Theresa Blume