Dear Mdme. Erfurt and coauthors,
Thank you for the submission of your very interesting manuscript “Exploring the added value of a long-term multidisciplinary dataset in drought research - a drought catalogue for southwestern Germany dating back to 1801”
As you know the process of peer review and publication in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS) is a two-stage process involving the scientific discussion forum Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussions (NHESSD). The first stage, corresponding to the open discussion has ended (in this case no more short comments of the scientific community have been received). As you know, two reviewers have now provided detailed reviews, which you have replied in thoughtful detail to. One review recommended minor revisions (although I have a feeling some of the revisions suggested are not so minor--they may take a bit of time!), and the other one suggested major revision.
From now on begins the second stage that follows the usual and non-public peer-reviewed process in which you should upload the revised version of your paper, that includes, in your case, the change of its title Would you please also provide an ‘author’s reply’ to the reviewers (feel free to use the same words that you used in what you have already uploaded in the discussion phase). Please can you also include a track changes document between the old manuscript and the new one (you can include this as part of your ‘author’s reply’).
I look forward to seeing the next version of your manuscript. I would like to remind you that the pass to the second stage is no guarantee whatsoever that the paper will be accepted for publication in NHESS. This will depend on the comments of the referees, and your ability to respond properly to the comments received
Best Regards
Maria Carmen Llasat
NHESS Editor

Dear Dr. Erfurt,
Thank you for the submission of your very interesting manuscript “Exploring the added value of a long-term multidisciplinary dataset in drought research - a drought catalogue for southwestern Germany dating back to 1801”. I am pleased to inform you that the revised version of your manuscript can now be accepted for publication in our journal Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS) after some language polishing following the suggestions made by referee 1. Please inform your co-authors of the editorial decision.
Once you will send the revised version, I will check the changes and I hope the paper could be accepted immediately. In this case, it is enough that the ‘author’s reply’ contains a track changes document between the old manuscript and the new one.
Sincerely Yours,
Prof. María Carmen Llasat
NHESS Editor

Dear Dr. M. Erfurt,

I am pleased to inform you that the revised version of your manuscript NHESS-2019-424 can now be accepted for publication in our journal Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS). Please inform your co-authors of the editorial decision.

You will soon be contacted by the journal publication office for the preparation of the final version of your manuscript. Please respond promptly to the requests of the publication office, as this will condition the time of your publication, and read carefully any copy-editing recommendations that they make. Let me remind you that final publication of your paper on the journal web site is subject to the payment of the appropriate service charges. Also, do not forget that as an open-access journal you can freely distribute your paper once it is published.

I take this opportunity to thank you and your co-authors for having selected Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS) for the publication of your scientific work. I look forward to receiving further contributions to our journal from you and your co-authors.

Sincerely,

Prof. María Carmen Llasat
NHESS Editor