Interactive comment on “X-band dual-polarized radar quantitative precipitation estimate analyses in the Midwestern United States” by Micheal J. Simpson and Neil I. Fox

followed up in any relevant way, such as a discussion of whether an adjustment of the calibration is necessary given the data available. Other issues to consider which are not mentioned but highly relevant are the possibility of reflectivity miscalibration, partial beam blockage, attenuation and differential attenuation correction and the calculation of specific differential phase. There have been several studies recently which covered many of these issues for X-band radar, for example Park et al (2005), Giangrande et al (2014) and Diederich et al (2015).