Dear Ralf Loritz and co-authors,

Thank you for posting your responses to the four referees’ reports. The reviews are quite favourable, but they also made some valuable suggestions and recommendations that I urge you to consider as I believe they will further improve the quality of the manuscript. Based on my own reading, I find this manuscript to be well written and relevant. I am confident that many hydrologists working with hydrological models will find it interesting. The content of the paper certainty fits the scope of HESS.

I invite you to upload a revised manuscript, incorporating the proposed changes and additions, and making any other modifications where you see fit. I look forward to receiving the revised text.

Sincerely,
Nadav Peleg

Dear Ralf Loritz and co-authors,

I have now received the reports of the referees. I found the paper to be almost ready for publication. The three referees suggested several specific modifications to the text and made some other general comments. I believe the paper will be ready for publication after this round of minor revisions, and I am looking forward to reading the revised text.

Sincerely,
Nadav Peleg

Dear Ralf Loritz and co-authors,

I have now received the reports of the referees. I found the paper to be almost ready for publication. The four referees suggested several specific modifications to the text and made some other general comments. I believe the paper will be ready for publication after this round of minor revisions, and I am looking forward to reading the revised text.

Sincerely,
Nadav Peleg

Dear Ralf Loritz and co-authors,

Thank you for revising the text following the comments made by the reviewers. After reading the revised manuscript, I am happy to accept the paper for publication. Congrats and thank you for contributing to HESS.

Sincerely,
Nadav Peleg