Simulated single-layer forest canopies delay Northern Hemisphere snowmelt

Todt, Markus; Rutter, Nick; Fletcher, Christopher G.; Wake, Leanne M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-3077-2019

Articles | Volume 13, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-3077-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-3077-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 11

Research article

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25 Nov 2019

Research article |

| 25 Nov 2019

Simulated single-layer forest canopies delay Northern Hemisphere snowmelt

Markus Todt, Nick Rutter, Christopher G. Fletcher, and Leanne M. Wake

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Final revised paper (published on 25 Nov 2019)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of Todt et al. Simulated single-layer forest canopies delay Northern Hemisphere snowmelt', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Jan 2019
- AC1: 'Final Author Comments to Reviewer 1', Markus Todt, 20 Jun 2019
RC2: 'Report on Todt et al., 2019 : Simulated single layer forest canopies delay Nothern Hemisphere snowmelt.', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Feb 2019
- AC2: 'Final Author Response to Reviewer 2', Markus Todt, 20 Jun 2019
EC1: 'Editor's recommendation', Florent Dominé, 01 Mar 2019

Peer-review completion

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

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (26 Jun 2019) by Florent Dominé

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (26 Aug 2019) by Florent Dominé

AR by Markus Todt on behalf of the Authors (30 Aug 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (30 Aug 2019) by Florent Dominé

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (27 Sep 2019)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (30 Sep 2019) by Florent Dominé

Short summary

Vegetation is often represented by a single layer in global land models. Studies have found deficient simulation of thermal radiation beneath forest canopies when represented by single-layer vegetation. This study corrects thermal radiation in forests for a global land model using single-layer vegetation in order to assess the effect of deficient thermal radiation on snow cover and snowmelt. Results indicate that single-layer vegetation causes snow in forests to be too cold and melt too late.