Dear Jieru Yan and co-authors,

Thank you for posting your responses to the three referees’ reports. The reports are all positive, yet the reviewers made some suggestions/comments that implementing them will improve the quality of the manuscript. Reading the paper thoroughly, I have no doubts that the paper fits well with the topics covered in HESS and I see no reason for it not to be accepted for publication after addressing the points raised by the referees. I invite you to upload a revised manuscript, incorporating the proposed changes and additions, and making any other modifications where you see fit. Alongside a revised version of your manuscript, please provide a detailed response (“item-by-item”) to each of the referees’ remarks. I look forward to receiving the revised manuscript.

Sincerely,
Nadav Peleg

Dear Jieru Yan and co-authors,

Receiving the comments from Referee #2, and after my own reading of the manuscript, I am happy to inform you that the paper can now be accepted for publication in HESS. Please note that the reviewer made several minor suggestions that I think you should consider implementing in the manuscript (hence the status "Publish subject to technical corrections").

Thank you for contributing to HESS and congrats,
Nadav Peleg