DISCUSSION1: "Prediction of Stream Temperature in Forested Watersheds,"/REPLY TO DISCUSSION: "Prediction of Stream Temperature in Forested Watersheds"2

Fox comments on the study done by Sridhar et al in the prediction of stream temperature in forested watersheds. He cites three concerns in the results expressed in Table 5 of the study, which are: the sensitivity to buffer width, the rationale for the negative absolute sensitivity to bank/canopy distance, and the appropriateness of using 0-meter buffer width as the reference value in testing the sensitivity of all parameters other than buffer width itself. In responding, Sridhar et al convey that all three concerns are related, and are to some extent an outgrowth of the use of zero buffer width as the nominal value for the sensitivity analysis in Table 5 of their paper. They believe that the selection was unfortunate and misleading.