The manuscript “Quantitative precipitation estimation with weather radar using a data- and information-based approach” by Neuper and Ehret, was reviewed by 2 experts in the field of hydrometeorology. This study is within the score of the HESS/ESSD inter-journal SI, however as pointed out by the referees, major revisions would be needed for potential publication. I completely agree with the most of the referees’ comments. Despite this decision, the referees and I see the manuscript of high interest to the readership of SI, particularly after addressing all the comments.

I have pleased to see that the authors managed to propose a number of changes that satisfactorily address the referees’ suggestions/concerns. I offer the authors re-submitting the revised version of the manuscript for additional review.

Best regards,
Alexander Gelfan
HESS/ESSD SI Handling Editor

I thank the authors for their clear response to feedback from the reviewers. The revised version of the manuscript satisfactory addresses their comments that resulted in improvement of the manuscript in comparison with the previous version. I believe that it is not necessary to send manuscript to referees for a further review and recommend the manuscript for publication as is.