The role of spatial scale and background climate in the latitudinal  temperature response to deforestation

Li, Yan; De Noblet-Ducoudré, Nathalie; Davin, Edouard L.; Motesharrei, Safa; Zeng, Ning; Li, Shuangcheng; Kalnay, Eugenia

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-7-167-2016

Articles | Volume 7, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-7-167-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-7-167-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 7, issue 1

Research article

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07 Mar 2016

Research article |

| 07 Mar 2016

The role of spatial scale and background climate in the latitudinal temperature response to deforestation

Yan Li, Nathalie De Noblet-Ducoudré, Edouard L. Davin, Safa Motesharrei, Ning Zeng, Shuangcheng Li, and Eugenia Kalnay

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RC C744: 'Referee Comment on esd-2015-60 "The role of spatial scale and background climate in the latitudinal temperature response to deforestation" by Y. Li, N. De Noblet-Ducoudré, E. L. Davin, Z. Ning, S. Motesharrei, S.C. Li, and E. Kalnay', Anonymous Referee #1, 30 Oct 2015
- AC C1078: 'Response to anonymous referee 1', Yan Li, 15 Jan 2016
- AC C1079: 'Response to anonymous referee 1', Yan Li, 15 Jan 2016
RC C941: 'The role of spatial scale and background climate in the latitudinal temperature response to deforestation Y. Li', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Dec 2015
- AC C1080: 'Response to anonymous referee 2', Yan Li, 15 Jan 2016

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ED: Publish as is (18 Feb 2016) by Anja Rammig

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The impact of deforestation is to warm the tropics and cool the extratropics, and the magnitude of the impact depends on the spatial extent and the degree of forest loss. That also means location matters for the impact of deforestation on temperature because such an impact is largely determined by the climate condition of that region. For example, under dry and wet conditions, deforestation can have quite different climate impacts.