Dear Authors,

The points raised by the referees have been suitably adressed in you replies. Please change your manuscript accordingly.
In addition, please:
- change the manuscript according to the comment by referee #2 (page 5 line 29): 'This description is not right. TMPA is just a product of TRMM'. This has not been adressed in your reply.
- comment of referee #2 about table 2: This point is indeed hard to understand and I suggest you add to the manuscript an in-depth explanation (comparable to your reply to the referee), instead of the relatively short text you proposed to add.

Yours sincerely,
Uwe Ehret

Dear Authors,

Your manuscript is acceptable for publication. There are still some grammar- and spelling errors present, but this will be addressed during copy-editing.


Yours sincerely, Uwe Ehret