Both reviewers conclude that this a very valuable contribution to HESS and that the manuscript requires only minor revisions along the lines of their comments. Accordingly, I invite the authors to submit a revised version incorporating the discussed modifications.

Dear Authors

thanks for the revised version; the new manuscript contains many language issues, especially in the new text pieces (see some examples in the attached file). While the text does not need to be perfect, errors should be avoided (such as wrong spelling). Could you please carefully check your paper and perhaps ask a colleague to check the language (as far as useful). Otherwise I might need to ask Copernicus to do that but this will create substantial costs.

Important: please also improve you mathematical notations in the in-line text. All variables / parameters should be in italic in the text, see math notaions here: https://www.hydrology-and-earth-system-sciences.net/for_authors/manuscript_preparation.html

The paper is now ready for publication. Thanks for your contribution to HESS.