Interactive comment on “Dryland vegetation functional response to altered rainfall amounts and variability derived from satellite time series data” by Gregor Ratzmann et al

Dedicated Responses to Anonymous Referee #3 We would like to thank Anonymous Referee #3 for providing a constructive and very helpful review of the manuscript. We believe that the comments helped improving the overall quality of the manuscript. Please find following dedicated responses to each point raised by the referee. Anonymous Referee #3 (AR #3): The analytical approach involves: 1). shifting time series analyses run per grid cell with a proxy of vegetation productivity as the dependent variable, and rainfall as the independent variable, ...