The pantropical response of soil moisture to El Niño

Solander, Kurt C.; Newman, Brent D.; Carioca de Araujo, Alessandro; Barnard, Holly R.; Berry, Z. Carter; Bonal, Damien; Bretfeld, Mario; Burban, Benoit; Antonio Candido, Luiz; Célleri, Rolando; Chambers, Jeffery Q.; Christoffersen, Bradley O.; Detto, Matteo; Dorigo, Wouter A.; Ewers, Brent E.; José Filgueiras Ferreira, Savio; Knohl, Alexander; Leung, L. Ruby; McDowell, Nate G.; Miller, Gretchen R.; Terezinha Ferreira Monteiro, Maria; Moore, Georgianne W.; Negron-Juarez, Robinson; Saleska, Scott R.; Stiegler, Christian; Tomasella, Javier; Xu, Chonggang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-2303-2020

Articles | Volume 24, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-2303-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-2303-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 24, issue 5

Research article

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11 May 2020

Research article |

| 11 May 2020

The pantropical response of soil moisture to El Niño

Kurt C. Solander, Brent D. Newman, Alessandro Carioca de Araujo, Holly R. Barnard, Z. Carter Berry, Damien Bonal, Mario Bretfeld, Benoit Burban, Luiz Antonio Candido, Rolando Célleri, Jeffery Q. Chambers, Bradley O. Christoffersen, Matteo Detto, Wouter A. Dorigo, Brent E. Ewers, Savio José Filgueiras Ferreira, Alexander Knohl, L. Ruby Leung, Nate G. McDowell, Gretchen R. Miller, Maria Terezinha Ferreira Monteiro, Georgianne W. Moore, Robinson Negron-Juarez, Scott R. Saleska, Christian Stiegler, Javier Tomasella, and Chonggang Xu

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RC1: 'Revision of “The pan-tropical response of soil moisture to El Niño”', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Dec 2019
- AC1: 'Response to reviewer (RC1)', Kurt Solander, 19 Feb 2020
RC2: 'Review of "The pan-tropical response of soil moisture to El Niño"', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Jan 2020
- AC2: 'Response to reviewer (RC2)', Kurt Solander, 19 Feb 2020

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (19 Mar 2020) by Roger Moussa

AR by Kurt Solander on behalf of the Authors (24 Mar 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (27 Mar 2020) by Roger Moussa

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (27 Mar 2020)

ED: Publish as is (06 Apr 2020) by Roger Moussa

AR by Kurt Solander on behalf of the Authors (06 Apr 2020)

Short summary

We evaluate the soil moisture response in the humid tropics to El Niño during the three most recent super El Niño events. Our estimates are compared to in situ soil moisture estimates that span five continents. We find the strongest and most consistent soil moisture decreases in the Amazon and maritime southeastern Asia, while the most consistent increases occur over eastern Africa. Our results can be used to improve estimates of soil moisture in tropical ecohydrology models at multiple scales.