Please note that my request is for revisions/explanations, somewhere just a little more than "minor revisions" but I do want to see the revised copy.  Attached is a pdf file, my text review put at the front of an annotated version of the original manuscript, in which my comments are in the margin.

This is an ambitious and well-executed paper that tackles a stubborn problem: EC underestimation of latent heat during and after rainfall. The authors combine a footprint-aware, 2-D implementation of the Rutter canopy water-balance model with standard EC post-processing to build a hybrid correction that honors the energy and water budgets. Event-level comparisons and monthly aggregates clearly show the signal: for selected interception events, the 2D model for the EC footprint is ~54%, about double the EC alone (Table 1), and the annual Etot rises from ~375 mm (uncorrected EC) to ~638 mm under the hybrid correction (Fig. 6b). The humidity-dependence of the underestimation is compelling (LER plummeting beyond ~75% rH; Fig. 5). Altogether, this is an important contribution with implications for flux partitioning, SVAT parameterization, and water-resources modeling in forests. I recommend minor revisions.

I read the other review report after reading the paper and their minor revision recommendations align with my own thoughts. A few additional thoughts for revision consideration below:

• Terminology / notation pass:  Define/contrast LAI vs PAI early (site LAI of 7.1 near the tower vs domain-mean PAI of 4.65 used by the model) and maintain consistent symbols; a reader-aid table would help. 
• Winter caveat in the main text: You already flag that LE_WB can exceed LEEB in Jan/Dec and that snow isnt explicitly handled. Consider a one-sentence caveat in the Abstract or Conclusions to prevent over-generalization?
• Share code? If feasible, provide a repository link for the 2-D Rutter implementation (Appendix A) and the footprint-weighting workflow to accelerate adoption.