Interactive comment on “ ENSO surface shortwave radiation forcing over the tropical Pacific

The paper "ENSO surface shortwave radiation forcing over the tropical Pacific" by Pavlakis et al adds the shortwave component to their earlier study, published in this journal, which examined ENSO surface longwave radiation forcing. The paper is fine, but the results basically corroborate previously published work regarding the evolution of ENSO induced changes in atmospheric circulation, outgoing longwave radiation, and precipitation. The study would have been more complete and possibly more interesting if the authors would have added a more substantial temporal and spatial analysis of ENSO’s effect on the NET surface radiation budget (SW and LW).