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Peer review report 2 On “Influence of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation on Tupelo Honey Production from AD 1800-2010”
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 201S (2015) 545
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Peer review report 2 On “Influence of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation on Tupelo Honey Production from AD 1800-2010”
Original Submission Recommendation Minor Revision Comments to Author Overview This revision is markedly improved from the earlier version of the manuscript. It is much easier to tell the work that was done for this article (including the expansion of the previously sampled sites), and the interpretations are much clearer. The authors have clarified that other climate modes were tested but not found to be significant. The title is more appropriate for the paper. The authors have pointed out that they are capturing low-frequency variability better than interannual variability. Most importantly, they have clarified their methods, including the use of a running correlation, and improved their interpretation of the results with the presentation of an argument for the insignificant part of their record.
agricultural yield and the wine example does not illustrate a multidecadal oscillation like AMO/PDO (lines 47-51). I suggest that the authors try to find more appropriate examples from the climate-agriculture literature (which is extensive), or they could consider replacing the current references with references to McClatchie 2012 & ones of his cites (e.g., Chavez et al., 2003). Although still not agricultural yield per se, the Chavez et al., 2003 - McClatchie 2012 combination strongly supports the argument that the authors make in this paper: that trends apparent in the instrumental record (PDO affects sardines) might not be accurate when examined over longer time periods (paleo-PDO is not related to paleo-sardines). References ˜ Chavez, F., J. Ryan, S. Lluch-Cota, and Niquen C. M. (2003), From anchovies to sardines and back: Multidecadal change in the Pacific Ocean, Science, 299(5604), 217-221. McClatchie, S. (2012), Sardine biomass is poorly correlated with the Pacific Decadal Oscillation off California, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L13703, doi:10.1029/2012GL052140. Minor editorial notes: - Line 48 includes “Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO),” but then “Pacific Decadal Oscillation” is written out 2-3 more times in the paper (rather than just using the PDO acronym). - References: G should come before H
Comment Anonymous The introductory paragraph is improved from the previous version. The two background literature examples chosen still seem a little odd, since salmon populations are not really an
DOI of original article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2013.02.014. 0168-1923/$ – see front matter http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.07.207
Available online 6 August 2015
Contents lists available at ScienceDirect
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/agrformet
Peer review report
Peer review report 2 On “Influence of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation on Tupelo Honey Production from AD 1800-2010”
Original Submission Recommendation Minor Revision Comments to Author Overview This revision is markedly improved from the earlier version of the manuscript. It is much easier to tell the work that was done for this article (including the expansion of the previously sampled sites), and the interpretations are much clearer. The authors have clarified that other climate modes were tested but not found to be significant. The title is more appropriate for the paper. The authors have pointed out that they are capturing low-frequency variability better than interannual variability. Most importantly, they have clarified their methods, including the use of a running correlation, and improved their interpretation of the results with the presentation of an argument for the insignificant part of their record.
agricultural yield and the wine example does not illustrate a multidecadal oscillation like AMO/PDO (lines 47-51). I suggest that the authors try to find more appropriate examples from the climate-agriculture literature (which is extensive), or they could consider replacing the current references with references to McClatchie 2012 & ones of his cites (e.g., Chavez et al., 2003). Although still not agricultural yield per se, the Chavez et al., 2003 - McClatchie 2012 combination strongly supports the argument that the authors make in this paper: that trends apparent in the instrumental record (PDO affects sardines) might not be accurate when examined over longer time periods (paleo-PDO is not related to paleo-sardines). References ˜ Chavez, F., J. Ryan, S. Lluch-Cota, and Niquen C. M. (2003), From anchovies to sardines and back: Multidecadal change in the Pacific Ocean, Science, 299(5604), 217-221. McClatchie, S. (2012), Sardine biomass is poorly correlated with the Pacific Decadal Oscillation off California, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L13703, doi:10.1029/2012GL052140. Minor editorial notes: - Line 48 includes “Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO),” but then “Pacific Decadal Oscillation” is written out 2-3 more times in the paper (rather than just using the PDO acronym). - References: G should come before H
Comment Anonymous The introductory paragraph is improved from the previous version. The two background literature examples chosen still seem a little odd, since salmon populations are not really an
DOI of original article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2013.02.014. 0168-1923/$ – see front matter http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.07.207
Available online 6 August 2015