Ideas and perspectives: Tree–atmosphere interaction responds to water-related stem variations

van Emmerik, Tim; Steele-Dunne, Susan; Gentine, Pierre; Oliveira, Rafael S.; Bittencourt, Paulo; Barros, Fernanda; van de Giesen, Nick

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-6439-2018

Articles | Volume 15, issue 21

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-6439-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-6439-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 21

Ideas and perspectives

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02 Nov 2018

Ideas and perspectives |

| 02 Nov 2018

Ideas and perspectives: Tree–atmosphere interaction responds to water-related stem variations

Tim van Emmerik, Susan Steele-Dunne, Pierre Gentine, Rafael S. Oliveira, Paulo Bittencourt, Fernanda Barros, and Nick van de Giesen

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

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RC1: 'General notes', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Jul 2018
- AC1: 'Final response', Tim van Emmerik, 06 Sep 2018
RC2: 'Review of bg-2018-289', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Jul 2018
- AC1: 'Final response', Tim van Emmerik, 06 Sep 2018

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

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (23 Sep 2018) by Anja Rammig

AR by Tim van Emmerik on behalf of the Authors (23 Sep 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (01 Oct 2018) by Anja Rammig

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (09 Oct 2018)

ED: Publish as is (10 Oct 2018) by Anja Rammig

AR by Tim van Emmerik on behalf of the Authors (13 Oct 2018) Manuscript

Short summary

Trees are very important for the water and carbon cycles. Climate and weather models often assume constant vegetation parameters because good measurements are missing. We used affordable accelerometers to measure tree sway of 19 trees in the Amazon rainforest. We show that trees respond very differently to the same weather conditions, which means that vegetation parameters are dynamic. With our measurements trees can be accounted for more realistically, improving climate and weather models.