This manuscript attempts to develop a better understanding of the link between storm and catchment runoff pattern at different scales based on analysis of runoff coefficients and rainfall-intensity ratios. I do acknowledge the good intention of the authors: in principle, the objective of the paper is of some relevance and a well-designed experiment analysing the suggested factors could potentially reveal interesting aspects of catchment functioning. I however do have some serious concerns about

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... the methods in this paper, which do not seem to have been developed really to a sufficient degree, and which may potentially cause a misleading interpretation of the results. I therefore think that the paper cannot be published in its current form and needs a considerable re-think and major re-design of the experiment to become a meaningful scientific publication. C1 HESSD Interactive comment Printer-friendly version Discussion paper