Dear Dr. Lenaerts et al.,

I've reviewed your thorough responses to the relatively minor comments from the three reviewers and consider them all excellent. I look forward to seeing your revised MS and expect that it will be published in The Cryosphere.

Thanks again for submitting this interesting and timely study to The Cryosphere,

Joe MacGregor
NASA/GSFC

Dear Dr. Lenaerts et al.,

Thank you for submitting this revised MS amidst difficult ongoing global and national circumstances. I've re-read and found it responsive to all comments, novel, clearly explained and illustrated regarding data/model intercomparisons, clear about their limitations, and informative regarding future directions for better monitoring and modeling of Greenland precipitation. I spotted two minor typos listed below, but otherwise am happy to accept your MS for publication.

1/21: "In contract" should be "In contrast"
11/2: "21 st" should "21st".

Thanks again for submitting your work to The Cryosphere,

Joe MacGregor
NASA/GSFC