Dear Nicholas

Thank you for your responses to the largely positive reviews you received. Please upload a suitably revised version of your manuscript. I will ask for a new review of this revised version.

Thanks,
Chris Still

Dear Nicholas and co-authors,

Thanks for your revised manuscript. I am pleased to accept it for publication once you address the minor comments from a review of your revised manuscript. These comments are copied below FYI:

"The authors have done a great job in replying to my comments and changing the manuscript accordingly. Especially, the addition of SCOPE model simulations benefits the analysis a lot, I find. I have just a few minor comments not requiring further reviewer assessment:

l. 46: “distribution of light across sunlit and shaded leaves” or “within-canopy distribution of direct and diffuse radiation”?!
Fig. 1A: replace “Climatology” in the legend
l. 807: show instead of shows
l. 887: “sunlit shaded fractions of leaf level” – what does that mean?"

I look forward to seeing a final revised version that addresses these questions and suggestions.

Thanks
Chris