Environmental controls on the increasing GPP of terrestrial vegetation across northern Eurasia

Dass, P.; Rawlins, M. A.; Kimball, J. S.; Kim, Y.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-45-2016

Articles | Volume 13, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-45-2016

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-45-2016

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

Articles | Volume 13, issue 1

Research article

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14 Jan 2016

Research article |

| 14 Jan 2016

Environmental controls on the increasing GPP of terrestrial vegetation across northern Eurasia

P. Dass, M. A. Rawlins, J. S. Kimball, and Y. Kim

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RC C3693: 'Invited review', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 Jul 2015
RC C4471: 'interesting topic but I expected a much more systematic analysis', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Aug 2015
AC C6453: 'Authors' response to referee comments', Pawlok Dass, 13 Oct 2015
EC C7721: 'Editors comments', Trevor Keenan, 16 Nov 2015

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

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (21 Oct 2015) by Trevor Keenan

AR by Pawlok Dass on behalf of the Authors (02 Nov 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (05 Nov 2015) by Trevor Keenan

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (06 Nov 2015)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (17 Nov 2015)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (22 Nov 2015) by Trevor Keenan

AR by Pawlok Dass on behalf of the Authors (01 Dec 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (03 Dec 2015) by Trevor Keenan

AR by Pawlok Dass on behalf of the Authors (03 Dec 2015) Manuscript

Short summary

Productivity of the vegetation of northern Eurasia has been found to be increasing over the last few decades. Using statistical tools we investigate major factors driving the increase in photosynthetic activity. Most of this change is explained by rising temperatures, which drive an increase in productivity. However, the contribution of changing patterns of rainfall and cloudiness is also significant, especially in the southern parts of the region which exhibit higher drought vulnerability.