Spaceborne potential for examining taiga–tundra ecotone  form and
vulnerability

Montesano, Paul M.; Sun, Guoqing; Dubayah, Ralph O.; Ranson, K. Jon

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-3847-2016

Articles | Volume 13, issue 13

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-3847-2016

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-3847-2016

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

Articles | Volume 13, issue 13

Research article

|

06 Jul 2016

Research article |

| 06 Jul 2016

Spaceborne potential for examining taiga–tundra ecotone form and vulnerability

Paul M. Montesano, Guoqing Sun, Ralph O. Dubayah, and K. Jon Ranson

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Final revised paper (published on 06 Jul 2016)
Preprint (discussion started on 15 Jan 2016)

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

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

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RC1: 'Interesting and important - needs more technical information', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Feb 2016
- AC1: 'Responses to RC1', Paul Montesano, 11 Apr 2016
RC2: 'review on "Spaceborne potential for examining taiga-tundra ecotone form and vulnerability"', Anonymous Referee #2, 07 Mar 2016
- AC2: 'Responses to RC2', Paul Montesano, 11 Apr 2016
RC3: 'Review of Montesano et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 07 Mar 2016
- AC4: 'Responses to RC3', Paul Montesano, 11 Apr 2016
RC4: 'Interactive comment on “Spaceborne potential for examining taiga-tundra ecotone form and vulnerability” by P. M. Montesano', Anonymous Referee #4, 10 Mar 2016
- AC3: 'Responses to RC4', Paul Montesano, 11 Apr 2016

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

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (05 May 2016) by Tuomas Laurila

AR by Paul Montesano on behalf of the Authors (31 May 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (09 Jun 2016) by Tuomas Laurila

Short summary

We demonstrate the potential of spaceborne data for integrating forest height and density to assess forest structure for patches in the taiga–tundra ecotone. We map forest patches at sites in northern Siberia with spaceborne data and examine the uncertainty of forest patch height estimates across these ecotone sites. Results demonstrate the opportunities for improving patch-based spaceborne estimates of forest height and forest structure patterns in the circumpolar domain.