Expansion of oil palm and other cash crops causes an increase of the land surface temperature in the Jambi province in Indonesia

Sabajo, Clifton R.; le Maire, Guerric; June, Tania; Meijide, Ana; Roupsard, Olivier; Knohl, Alexander

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-4619-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-4619-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-4619-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 20

Research article

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25 Oct 2017

Research article |

| 25 Oct 2017

Expansion of oil palm and other cash crops causes an increase of the land surface temperature in the Jambi province in Indonesia

Clifton R. Sabajo, Guerric le Maire, Tania June, Ana Meijide, Olivier Roupsard, and Alexander Knohl

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SC1: 'Discussion on the Sabajo et al. paper', Russell Paterson, 31 May 2017
- AC1: 'Reply to SC1 (Dr. R. Paterson)', Clifton Sabajo, 22 Aug 2017
SC2: 'Expansion of oil palm and other cash crops causes an increase of land surface temperature in Indonesia', Alain RIVAL, 21 Jun 2017
- AC2: 'Reply to SC2 (Dr. Alain Rival)', Clifton Sabajo, 22 Aug 2017
RC1: 'Review: Expansion of oil palm and other cash crops causes an increase of land surface temperature in Indonesia', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Jul 2017
- AC3: 'Reply to RC1 (Anonymous Referee 1)', Clifton Sabajo, 22 Aug 2017
RC2: 'Good manuscript that adds to the observational literature on temperature impacts of land use change.', Anonymous Referee #2, 16 Jul 2017
- AC4: 'Reply to RC2 (Anonymous Referee 2)', Clifton Sabajo, 22 Aug 2017

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

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (24 Aug 2017) by Paul Stoy

AR by Clifton Sabajo on behalf of the Authors (07 Sep 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (14 Sep 2017) by Paul Stoy

Responses to referees were comprehensive and thank you for the attention to detail. There are a few areas where the manuscript would benefit from copy-editing or minor editorial improvements that would improve accuracy and readability. The following is a partial list of minor revisions that could be made to improve the manuscript. I recommend a couple more careful reads by the authors before recommending the manuscript for publication.

For the title I might recommend "in Jambi province"

"Surface roughness affect the transferred sensible and latent heat" on line 88 is an example of verb/subject agreement that needs to be changed.

The statement on line 92 would benefit from a reference.

On line 97, this is true "all else being equal" because soil and ecosystem heat flux and net radiation of course changes as well with a change in vegetation.

The paragraph beginning line 105 is a bit vague and out of place. It could be instead integrated into the previous paragraphs to provide context.

equation 2 should have subscripts.

on 302 the degree symbol is not necessary before K

equation 5 would be more accurate as sky temperature rather than near surface air temperature. That being said in this case the difference wouldn't be very large.

Please use the multiplication sign rather than the dot (which can mean dot product) in equation 6 and elsewhere and please also use standard parentheses rather than curly braces.

415: relatively hot and cool.

I find 4 significant digits for the values starting line 440 to be a bit too accurate given that these are from remote sensing platforms. 3 significant digits is better but still probably a bit generous.

capital 'Atmosphere' on line 603.

816 could be more specific.

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AR by Clifton Sabajo on behalf of the Authors (28 Sep 2017) Author's response Manuscript

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From the analysis of MODIS and Landsat satellite data of the Jambi province in Indonesia, this first study on the effects of oil palm expansion on the surface temperature in Indonesia shows shows a local and regional warming effect caused by the expansion of oil palm plantations and other cash or tree crops between 2000 and 2015. The observed warming effects may affect ecosystem services, reduce water availabilty in the dry period and increase the vulnerability to fires in the province.