Vegetation–climate feedbacks modulate rainfall patterns in Africa under
future climate change

Wu, Minchao; Schurgers, Guy; Rummukainen, Markku; Smith, Benjamin; Samuelsson, Patrick; Jansson, Christer; Siltberg, Joe; May, Wilhelm

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-7-627-2016

Articles | Volume 7, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-7-627-2016

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-7-627-2016

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

Articles | Volume 7, issue 3

Research article

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26 Jul 2016

Research article |

| 26 Jul 2016

Vegetation–climate feedbacks modulate rainfall patterns in Africa under future climate change

Minchao Wu, Guy Schurgers, Markku Rummukainen, Benjamin Smith, Patrick Samuelsson, Christer Jansson, Joe Siltberg, and Wilhelm May

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of Wu et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Mar 2016
- AC1: 'Response to reviewer #1', Minchao Wu, 21 Apr 2016
RC2: 'Wu et al. paper on vegetation-climate feedback and future prediction', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Mar 2016
- AC2: 'Response to reviewer #2', Minchao Wu, 21 Apr 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (22 Apr 2016) by Martin Claussen

AR by Minchao Wu on behalf of the Authors (03 May 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (09 May 2016) by Martin Claussen

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (18 May 2016)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (04 Jun 2016)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by Editor) (17 Jun 2016) by Martin Claussen

AR by Minchao Wu on behalf of the Authors (27 Jun 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (06 Jul 2016) by Martin Claussen

AR by Minchao Wu on behalf of the Authors (07 Jul 2016)

Short summary

On Earth, vegetation does not merely adapt to climate but also imposes significant influences on climate with both local and remote effects. In this study we evaluated the role of vegetation in African climate with a regional Earth system model. By the comparison between the experiments with and without dynamic vegetation changes, we found that vegetation can influence climate remotely, resulting in modulating rainfall patterns over Africa.