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CORALS AND SCLEROSPONGES

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Asami, R., T. Yamada, Y. Iryu, T.M. Quinn, C.P. Meyer, and G. Paulay. 2005. Interannual and decadal variability of the western Pacific sea surface condition for the years 1787-2000: Reconstruction based on stable isotope record from a Guam coral. Journal Geophysical Research, 110, C05018.
Data Coverage North: 13.6 * South: 13.6
West: 144.83 * East: 144.83
Altitude: -8 m

Start Year: 1790 AD   End Year: 2000 AD

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  west_pacific/guam2005.txt

Summary:

We present a monthly resolved, 213-year stable isotope time series from a coral from Guam (13N, 145E), which is located on the northern edge of the western Pacific warm pool. Oxygen isotopic composition of the coral skeleton (d18Ocoral) shows seasonal, interannual, and decadal variability, which documents significant oceanographic changes related to thermal and hydrologic variations in this region. The d18Ocoral anomaly reflects sea surface temperature (SST) anomaly and sea surface salinity (SSS) anomaly with significant r values of -0.69 and 0.49, respectively, which are strongly linked to oceanographic changes that occur during El Nino–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) warm and cool phases. We identified 46 ENSO warm (El Nino) and 53 cool phases (La Nina) in the coral record, which are consistent with those phases reconstructed by Nino 3.4 SST anomaly. Spectral analyses of the d18Ocoral anomaly record for the years 1790–1999 identified significant peaks around ~3 to ~7 years. These results indicate that the Guam coral has recorded ENSO periodicity. The d18Ocoral anomaly shows decadal variability of ~15- to ~45-year periodicity with significant shifts (<0.2 per mil) from warmer to cooler condition and vice versa. An accumulative decrease in d18Ocoral time series may imply ~0.75C warming of SST and ~0.23 per mil freshening of seawater d18O, corresponding to a decrease of SSS by ~0.85, in the northwestern tropical Pacific over the last 2 centuries.
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del18O

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noaa-coral-1915  (Last Revised: 2007-09-05 )


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