Dear Dr. Diaz,
As recognised by both reviewers your revised manuscript is much improved. However, in their reports both reviewers identify core problems that still need addressing, and, because the reviewers and I recognise your study as a potentially exciting and important new contribution to the field, I invite you to consider their input and criticism carefully in a revised contribution.
Best wishes,
Arjen Stroeven

Dear Dr. Diaz,

Thank you for a much improved second revision of your manuscript under consideration for Earth Surface Dynamics. I am now happy to recommend publication subject to minor revisions. Please, also consider revision of the Supplementary material whenever revisions offered for your manuscript are applicable to both.

Best wishes,

Arjen Stroeven

Dear Dr. Diaz,

Thank you for the updated manuscript. My recommendation to the executive editor will be to publish "as is". Thank you for submitting to Earth Surface Dynamics.

Best wishes,

Arjen

Dear Melisa Diaz and colleagues,

It is my pleasure to follow the recommendation of AE Arjen Stroeven to permit publication of your manuscript in its present form. Thank you for working with our referees during the review and revision process. The final result is worth while and I trust that it will receive good attention.

Please will you now respond promptly to the queries and instructions of the Copernicus publishers. This will reduce the time to publication.

I very much look forward to seeing your work in print and hope that you will come back to ESurf with other projects.

Niels Hovius