On the role of the North Equatorial Counter Current  during a strong El Niño

Webb, David John

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-633-2018

Articles | Volume 14, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-633-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-633-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 4

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11 Jul 2018

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On the role of the North Equatorial Counter Current during a strong El Niño

David John Webb

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

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RC1: 'review on On the Role of the North Equatorial Counter Current in Transporting Heat during a Strong El Niño', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 Feb 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 1', David Webb, 09 Feb 2018
RC2: 'Review of 'On the Role of the North Equatorial Counter Current in Transporting Heat during a Strong El Nino'', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Feb 2018
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer 2', David Webb, 09 Feb 2018
EC1: 'a couple of concise but challenging reviews', Matthew Hecht, 02 Mar 2018
- AC3: 'Author's Final Response', David Webb, 12 Mar 2018

Peer-review completion

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

AR by David Webb on behalf of the Authors (23 Apr 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (27 Apr 2018) by Matthew Hecht

RR by Lauren Kuntz (08 May 2018)

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (24 May 2018)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (29 May 2018) by Matthew Hecht

AR by David Webb on behalf of the Authors (02 Jun 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (22 Jun 2018) by Matthew Hecht

Short summary

Results from a high-resolution ocean model show that during the strong El Niños of 1983 and 1998, transport of warm water in the equatorial Pacific was dominated by the North Equatorial Counter Current and not by equatorial Kelvin waves. The results show why the NECC fails to do this in most years and how stronger than normal annual Rossby waves near the Equator can both trigger the El Niño in the western Pacific and help to ensure that the warm water arrives off South America around Christmas.