Dear Leif Anderson,

Thank you very much for your detailed and thorough revisions. Both reviewers highlighted that you well addressed their comments and that the methods and results are now much clearer. Both reviewers had only very minor comments and recommended to accept the manuscript. I am full in line with the reviewers and happy to accept the paper after the following minor comments are considered:

Comments by A. Vieli:
p. 13 line 11 and elsewhere where units are given: I find this bracket around the ‘=’ a bid odd but I know what it stands for. Why not say dflux [in m^3m^(-1)…]

p. 16 line 2 after appendix A, I would add a reference to Fig 13.

Comments by A. Rowan:
P3, 43–45: the statement about the differing responses of Himalayan glaciers needs to be explained more clearly. As written it implies that their behaviour is somewhat random in response to similar trend in mass balance change, whereas advancing glaciers may be the result of surging, or this point could relate to those found in the Karakoram that are advancing due to increased winter snowfall and slightly positive mass balances. Reference to Gardelle et al., 2012, Nature Geosci; Bolch et al., 2012, Science; and Kaab et al., 2012, Nature, could be useful here to explain these differences.

In addition, I have the following minor remarks:
P. 3, L. 34: Please check if the reference should be Scherler et al. 2011b instead of 2001a.
P. 4, L. 82: Should be Rowan et al. (2015).
P. 8, L. 174ff and especially in the Discussion section (P. 25, L. 606ff): Please add also proglacial lakes. Debris-covered glaciers are prone for the development not only of supraglacial lakes but also proglacial lakes (e.g. Imja lake developed from expanding supraglacial lakes) which enhances melt and lead to stronger recession/mass loss

References:
Conway and Rassmusson and Kayashta et al.: Please provide correct and consistent references (IAHS Publication 264) and include page ranges.

Table 1 and elsewhere:
I would find “hd“ more intuitive for “debris thickness” than “h*“

I do not need to check the manuscript as I am confident that you are well addressing these very minor comments. Please do not hesitate to ask in case you have any questions.

Thank you very much for you very valuable contribution to The Cryosphere.

Best regards,

Tobias Bolch, Editor TC