The authors describe the overall usability of satellite rainfall estimates in a catchment in Ethiopia with respect to hydrological modelling. Two approaches were used -comparison with in-situ rain gauges and runoff data via hydrological modelling. The paper is well structured and describe which analyses and how these were done, the tools, results and compares them with other studies. Nevertheless, I miss an interpretation and explanation about the origin of the performance differences in the

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... ellite rainfall estimates. Comments line by line: 41: You forgot Commercial Microwave Links (CML). 43: Radar is also an indirect measurement technique, which needs calibration like C1