Investigating the effect of El Niño on nitrous oxide distribution in the eastern tropical South Pacific

Ji, Qixing; Altabet, Mark A.; Bange, Hermann W.; Graco, Michelle I.; Ma, Xiao; Arévalo-Martínez, Damian L.; Grundle, Damian S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2079-2019

Articles | Volume 16, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2079-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2079-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 9

Research article

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17 May 2019

Research article |

| 17 May 2019

Investigating the effect of El Niño on nitrous oxide distribution in the eastern tropical South Pacific

Qixing Ji, Mark A. Altabet, Hermann W. Bange, Michelle I. Graco, Xiao Ma, Damian L. Arévalo-Martínez, and Damian S. Grundle

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RC1: 'Reviewer comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Nov 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 1', Qixing Ji, 01 Feb 2019
RC2: 'Intractive comments on “Investigating the effect of El Niño on nitrous oxide distribution in the Eastern Tropical South Pacific” by Qixing Ji et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 27 Nov 2018
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer 3', Qixing Ji, 01 Feb 2019
RC3: 'review specific comments', Anonymous Referee #4, 12 Jan 2019
- AC3: 'Response to Reviewer 4', Qixing Ji, 01 Feb 2019

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

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (14 Feb 2019) by Manmohan Sarin

AR by Qixing Ji on behalf of the Authors (04 Mar 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (07 Mar 2019) by Manmohan Sarin

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (01 Apr 2019)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (03 Apr 2019)

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (09 Apr 2019) by Manmohan Sarin

AR by Qixing Ji on behalf of the Authors (29 Apr 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (02 May 2019) by Manmohan Sarin

AR by Qixing Ji on behalf of the Authors (02 May 2019) Manuscript

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A strong El Niño event occurred in the Peruvian coastal region in 2015–2016, during which higher sea surface temperatures co-occurred with significantly lower sea-to-air fluxes of nitrous oxide, an important greenhouse gas and ozone depletion agent. Stratified water column during El Niño retained a larger amount of nitrous oxide that was produced via multiple microbial pathways; and intense nitrous oxide effluxes could occur when normal upwelling is resumed after El Niño.