Linking tundra vegetation, snow, soil temperature, and permafrost

Grünberg, Inge; Wilcox, Evan J.; Zwieback, Simon; Marsh, Philip; Boike, Julia

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4261-2020

Articles | Volume 17, issue 16

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4261-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4261-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 16

Research article

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26 Aug 2020

Research article |

| 26 Aug 2020

Linking tundra vegetation, snow, soil temperature, and permafrost

Inge Grünberg, Evan J. Wilcox, Simon Zwieback, Philip Marsh, and Julia Boike

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

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 May 2020
- AC1: 'Answer to Anonymous Referee #1', Inge Grünberg, 06 Jul 2020
RC2: 'Review of Grünberg et al. – Linking tundra vegetation, snow, soil temperature, and permafrost', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 May 2020
- AC2: 'Answer to Anonymous Referee #2', Inge Grünberg, 06 Jul 2020

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

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (10 Jul 2020) by David Bowling

AR by Inge Grünberg on behalf of the Authors (14 Jul 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (15 Jul 2020) by David Bowling

Short summary

Based on topsoil temperature data for different vegetation types at a low Arctic tundra site, we found large small-scale variability. Winter temperatures were strongly influenced by vegetation through its effects on snow. Summer temperatures were similar below most vegetation types and not consistently related to late summer permafrost thaw depth. Given that vegetation type defines the relationship between winter and summer soil temperature and thaw depth, it controls permafrost vulnerability.