Dear Authors, Thank you for responding to the reviewers' comments. I now invite you to submit a revised manuscript. I am convinced that this will be a great addition to the literature if you are able to revise the manuscript in an appropriate manner.

Dear Authors, thank you for submitting your revised manuscript. This was reviewed by 3 referees. The recommendations are generally positive and I think the paper is very close. But it needs a little bit more work. First, one reviewer still has problems understanding the "physical mechanism that the authors propose to explain how a surface increase in Tmax due to deforestation can produce a cooling at 2m above the surface". I agree with the reviewer's concern. Second, the abstract and the conclusions need more clarity. I understand that you want to focus on the differences between Tsurf, T2m and Tatm but it will help the readers if you first establish a baseline. For example you may want to start of with something like "deforestation leads to a warming in Tsurf in the tropics but a cooling in the higher latitudes" and then discuss the differences. I hope you will address these issues in your revised manuscript.