Dear Marc Schleiss 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 Marc Schleiss, Jonas Olsson and other co-authors,

I have now received the reports of the two referees. While anonymous referee #2 recommended the paper for publication (with a minor comment), anonymous referee #1 suggested another round of major revisions. Reading the manuscript and the comments by anonymous referee #1, I think that the revisions needed are more on the moderate side than major. Please revise the manuscript according to the comments made by the referees and your own inputs, and upload alongside the revised manuscript a point-by-point answer to the comments raised by the referees. I am looking forward to receiving the revised text.

Sincerely,
Nadav Peleg

Dear Marc Schleiss,

Thank you for uploading the revised version of your paper. Reading the manuscript and the rebuttal letter, I found your answers to the comments made by the reviewer adequate and I found the text to be well written. I do not think another round of revision is needed and, therefore, I am happy to inform you that the paper is now accepted for publication in HESS. One issue - when you upload the final version of the manuscript, please separate the appendix from the main text and upload it as Supplementary Material. Congrats and thank you for your contribution to the journal.

Sincerely,
Nadav Peleg