Dear Christian Onof and Li-Pen Wang,

Thank you for posting your responses to the three referees’ reports. While two of the reports are rather favorable, one reviewer (#3) raised some critical points regarding the novelty and credibility of the presented models/methods. I urge you to address the points raised by reviewer #3 in detail and consider revising the manuscript also following the comments and suggestions raised by the other reviewers as I have confidence that they will improve the quality of the manuscript. Based on my own reading, I find this to be a potentially interesting paper that could fit the scope of HESS after revisions are made. Please note that the manuscript will be sent to the reviewers for a second revision round.

I invite you to upload a revised manuscript, incorporating the proposed changes and additions, and making any other modifications where you see fit. In your response, please provide a point-to-point answer to the comments made by the reviews, as well as a tracked-changed version of the manuscript. I look forward to receiving the revised manuscript.

Sincerely,
Nadav Peleg

Dear Christian Onof and Li-Pen Wang,

I have now received the report from Anonymous Referee #1, who recommended minor revisions. In addition to the suggestions made by the reviewer, please also consider the following points:

Appendices. Please consider moving the appendices to Supplementary Material to reduce the length of the paper.

Figure 1. Consider adding an arrow to indicate the timeline.

Tables 1-4 (and elsewhere in the text). Do you really need to present the figures with 4 digits after the decimal point? Consider reducing the digits after the decimal point to 2 or 3 (if needed).

Please upload a revised version of the manuscript (including a point-to-point answer to the comments made by the reviewer and myself).

Sincerely,
Nadav Peleg

Dear Christian Onof and Li-Pen Wang,

Thank you for revising the manuscript. I am happy to inform you that your paper is now accepted for publication in HESS. Congrats you and thank you for contributing to the journal.

Sincerely,
Nadav Peleg