Dear Authors,

Following the recommendation of both referees your paper can be accepted for publication in NHESS provided some revisions as indicated in the referee reports are successfully applied. The decision here is major revisions as one referee expressed his interest reviewing the paper again.
According to the question if your presentation would be suitable for being published as a brief communication, I agree the submission fulfils the requirements for this manuscript type. In this context, I also agree adding an additional Figure in the revised version.
To proceed with the closed peer-review process, please submit your revised paper together with the point-per-point reply to the comments of the two referees and a manuscript version highlighting the applied changes. After resubmission, your paper will be reviewed again by the referee.
Best regards, A. Günther

Dear Authors,
the referee who indicated earlier to review your paper again did not respond to my second referee call. From my opinion when reviewing your submission again, I think you convincingly replied to the reviewer comments and modified your manuscript accordingly. Therefore, there is no need to involve another referee in this process and I like to inform you your brief communication can now be accepted now for publication as it is.
Best regards, A. Günther