Articles | Volume 15, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-5969-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-5969-2018
Research article
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11 Oct 2018
Research article |  | 11 Oct 2018

Tropical climate–vegetation–fire relationships: multivariate evaluation of the land surface model JSBACH

Gitta Lasslop, Thomas Moeller, Donatella D'Onofrio, Stijn Hantson, and Silvia Kloster

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (23 May 2018) by Alexey V. Eliseev
AR by Svenja Lange on behalf of the Authors (28 May 2018)  Author's response
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (28 May 2018) by Alexey V. Eliseev
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (23 Jun 2018)
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (26 Jun 2018)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (26 Jun 2018) by Alexey V. Eliseev
AR by Gitta Lasslop on behalf of the Authors (29 Jun 2018)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (02 Jul 2018) by Alexey V. Eliseev
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (19 Jul 2018)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (20 Jul 2018) by Alexey V. Eliseev
AR by Gitta Lasslop on behalf of the Authors (25 Jul 2018)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (26 Jul 2018) by Alexey V. Eliseev
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (13 Sep 2018)
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (14 Sep 2018) by Alexey V. Eliseev
AR by Gitta Lasslop on behalf of the Authors (17 Sep 2018)  Author's response    Manuscript
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Short summary
We apply a multivariate model evaluation to the relationship between climate, vegetation and fire in the tropics using the JSBACH land surface model and two remote-sensing data sets, with the aim to identify the potential for model improvement. The overestimation of tree cover for low precipitation and a very strong relationship between tree cover and burned area indicates opportunities in the improvement of drought effects and the impact of fire on tree cover or the adaptation of trees to fire.
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