Articles | Volume 10, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-10-473-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-10-473-2019
Research article
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19 Jul 2019
Research article |  | 19 Jul 2019

Different response of surface temperature and air temperature to deforestation in climate models

Johannes Winckler, Christian H. Reick, Sebastiaan Luyssaert, Alessandro Cescatti, Paul C. Stoy, Quentin Lejeune, Thomas Raddatz, Andreas Chlond, Marvin Heidkamp, and Julia Pongratz

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (25 Jan 2019) by Somnath Baidya Roy
AR by Johannes Winckler on behalf of the Authors (26 Jan 2019)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (05 Feb 2019) by Somnath Baidya Roy
RR by Anonymous Referee #4 (15 Feb 2019)
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (01 Mar 2019)
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (25 Mar 2019)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (30 Apr 2019) by Somnath Baidya Roy
AR by Anna Wenzel on behalf of the Authors (24 May 2019)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (15 Jun 2019) by Somnath Baidya Roy
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For local living conditions, it matters whether deforestation influences the surface temperature, temperature at 2 m, or the temperature higher up in the atmosphere. Here, simulations with a climate model show that at a location of deforestation, surface temperature generally changes more strongly than atmospheric temperature. Comparison across climate models shows that both for summer and winter the surface temperature response exceeds the air temperature response locally by a factor of 2.
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