Analyzing cloud base at local and regional scales to understand tropical montane cloud forest vulnerability to climate change

Van Beusekom, Ashley E.; González, Grizelle; Scholl, Martha A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-7245-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-7245-2017

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-7245-2017

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

Articles | Volume 17, issue 11

Research article

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16 Jun 2017

Research article |

| 16 Jun 2017

Analyzing cloud base at local and regional scales to understand tropical montane cloud forest vulnerability to climate change

Ashley E. Van Beusekom, Grizelle González, and Martha A. Scholl

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RC1: 'Review of acp-2016-1166: “Analyzing cloud base at local and regional scales to understand tropical montane cloud forest vulnerability to climate change”', Anonymous Referee #2, 07 Feb 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2', Ashley Van Beusekom, 05 May 2017
RC2: 'Manuscript Review - Reviewer 2', Darrel Baumgardner, 24 Feb 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Interactive comment from D. Baumgardner', Ashley Van Beusekom, 05 May 2017
RC3: 'Review of acp-2016-1166', Anonymous Referee #3, 01 Mar 2017
- AC3: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #3', Ashley Van Beusekom, 05 May 2017

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AR by Ashley Van Beusekom on behalf of the Authors (05 May 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (08 May 2017) by Armin Sorooshian

AR by Ashley Van Beusekom on behalf of the Authors (16 May 2017)

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For three years of data in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico, cloud base was lowest during the mid-summer dry season, and cloud bases were lower than the mountaintops as often in the winter dry season as in the wet seasons. The results indicate climate change threats to cloud forests are not limited to the dry season; changes in synoptic-scale weather patterns that increase frequency of drought periods during the wet seasons (periods of higher cloud base) may also impact ecosystem health.