Dear authors,

thank you very much for your point-by-point author comments.
They do address the reviewer's concerns in an adequate way, which concludes the Discussion phase. We are now looking forward to receiving your revised manuscript.

Please note that the further process for publication in TC depends on the editor’s evaluation of the revised manuscript and will involve a second review round.

Thank you very much again for sending your work to The Cryosphere,
kind regards,

Christian Hauck
Editor

Dear authors,

thank you again for your revised manuscript, which was sent out to two reviewers for a re-review. Both reviewers are in agreement that the paper has substantially improved and that their concerns of the previous version have been adequately addressed. They mention some few minor edits, which should be easy to implement.
After having incorporated these, the paper can be accepted for publication.

Congratulations and thank you again for submitting your work to The Cryosphere,
kind regards,

Christian Hauck
Editor