Dear Authors,
Thank you for the revised manuscript. There are however some aspects that need further improvements before the manuscript can be accepted for publication in GMD.

Abstract: the anonymous referee #1 requested more information to the abstract. I only see changes in wording but I do not see that this answers the request of the reviewer. Could you please include more novelty detail in the Abstract with a bit better description of the improvements and maybe even how much certain points have improved (significantly is mentioned but maybe even give some numbers).

There are missing equation numbers through the manuscript. Please add these.

P16, L404: You write “We believe that this difference can only be significant for very special cases (e.g. low azimuth direct solar radiation reflected from treetops towards the tops of nearby buildings where such buildings do not shade the the treetops completely) and we have not encountered significant amounts of such cases in our urban simulations, but the frequency of these cases has not been studied in detail” but this comment is very specific to the particular case(s) you have examined. Answer to the referee request should be made more general and not just mentioning that you have not encountered such issues but rather providing information. This can likely bring uncertainty but even if you have not encountered large differences in your cases it does not mean that someone else could not encounter.