Imprints of evaporative conditions and vegetation type  in diurnal temperature variations

Panwar, Annu; Renner, Maik; Kleidon, Axel

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-4923-2020

Articles | Volume 24, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-4923-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-4923-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 24, issue 10

Research article

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20 Oct 2020

Research article |

| 20 Oct 2020

Imprints of evaporative conditions and vegetation type in diurnal temperature variations

Annu Panwar, Maik Renner, and Axel Kleidon

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RC1: 'Review of "Imprints of evaporation and vegetation type in diurnal temperature variations"', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Apr 2020
- AC1: 'Response letter to the #1 reviewer', Annu Panwar, 13 May 2020
RC2: 'Good paper, although some points are a bit hard to follow', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 May 2020
- AC2: 'Response letter to the #2 reviewer', Annu Panwar, 09 Jun 2020

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ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (21 Jun 2020) by Dominic Mazvimavi

AR by Annu Panwar on behalf of the Authors (30 Jul 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (03 Sep 2020) by Dominic Mazvimavi

AR by Annu Panwar on behalf of the Authors (08 Sep 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

Here we examine the effect of evaporative cooling across different vegetation types. Evaporation cools surface temperature significantly in short vegetation. In the forest, the high aerodynamic conductance explains 56 % of the reduced surface temperature. Therefore, the main cooling agent in the forest is the high aerodynamic conductance and not evaporation. Additionally, we propose the diurnal variation in surface temperature as being a potential indicator of evaporation in short vegetation.