Dear Authors,
I do agree with the Referees on the need to perform a number of improvements in your work (which is interesting and certainly well fitting in the journal topics).
As already agreed in separate emails with you, I fully agree with your decision (initially proposed by one and already approved by another one of the Referees) to transform the manuscript in a Technical Note (of course after having modified its structure in accordance with the different standards required for such manuscript type), that will include also the modifications/improvements required by the Referees.
If you have not inquired with the Editorial Office about the procedure to perform a change in the manuscript type, I may do so, just let me know (it is something new for me too).
I look forward to receiving the new submission.
Best regards,
Elena Toth

Dear Authors, thank you for having submitted a revised version.
As already agreed, I am asking to the previous Referees to evaluate the new manuscript.
Best regards,
Elena Toth

Dear Authors,
as agreed during the Discussion Phase, i fully support your choice of changing the manuscript type to a 'Technical Note' and I thank you for the new submission and the detailed reply letter, where you addressed all the issues raised by the Referees.
I am submitting the revised paper to two of the original referees, who (all four of them actually) provided very useful and constructive comments on the previous version.
Best regards,
Elena Toth

Dear Authors,
the two Referees have confirmed that the new version of the manuscript, completely revised as a much more compact Technical Note and analyzing one catchment only, is a very good contribution and it is publishable on HESS almost as it is.
Once you will have addressed a few minor suggestions by Dr Krahe (you should clarify the description of CP in the supplement and please consider also the other suggestions for language modifications in the text), you may submit the final version.
The quality of the figures (see Dr. Zappa’s comment) may be due to the pdf conversion and the resolution (especially of Fig. 1 which is the only one that I find lacking) will hopefully improve in the final production, but please take also this issue into account.
Thank you again for having submitted your interesting work to HESS and especially for the demanding revision activity required by the change in the format.
My best regards,
Elena Toth