Dear Dr Papagiannaki,

thank you for submitting your "author comments" during the open discussion phase. I definitely would rate your contribution as being suitable for publication in NHESS, given some revisions that should be considered.
I realised that you already made extensive suggestions of how to address the opinions of the referees, mainly those of referee #1 who had some concerns about the organisation of the paper as well as of a streamlining and inclusion of material so far only mentioned in terms of references.
So I kindly would like to encourage you to make the necessary changes, and to upload your revised version of the manuscript. Please carefully consider the guidelines for authors (ie the track change version of your new manuscript) so that we can make life easier for referees.
I also would like to thank you for your patience during the review phase, and I am looking forward to receiving your revised piece of work (which will make another round to the referees).

Kind regards

Sven Fuchs (Editor NHESS)

Dear authors,

given your revisions and the additional comment by both of the referees, I am happy to inform you that your contribution is accepted now for publication in NHESS.

I again would like to thank you for submitting your work to the journal, and for your patience during the public review phase.

Kind regards,

Sven Fuchs (Editor NHESS)