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Todorovic, Sara; Linsley, Braddock K; Dissard, Delphine; Wu, Henry C: Coral-based composite indices of sea surface temperature and salinity variability of the South Pacific Convergence Zone since 1848 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.971484 (dataset in review)

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Abstract:
Coral-based proxy records from four long lived Porites sp. cores along the South Pacific Convergence Zone maximum precipitation diagonal axis (RO2 - Rotuma, 1F - Fiji, TNI2 - Tonga, 2R - Rarotonga) comprise the composite indices SPCZc(coral) describing the oceanographic variability of the region since 1848 CE to 1996 CE. SPCZc composite indices cover the geographic range from 12°29'S, 177°06'E (Rotuma) to 21°14'S, 159°49'W (Rarotonga). Data used in constructing the indices has been published previously (Linsley et al., 2000, 2004, 2008; Wu et al., 2013). Sub-annually resolved (8 to 12 samples per year) d18O, Sr/Ca and reconstructed d18Osw of all corals were monthly interpolated and averaged into composite indices, with calculated standard errors. Sr/Ca and d18Osw composite records were used to reconstruct sea surface temperature (SST) and sea surface salinity (SSS), calibrated against regional composite extended reconstructed sea surface temperature (ERSST, Huang et al., 2017) and SSS data from Delcroix et al. (2011), with calculated Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE) values. Composite indices extend only in the period of overlap with all four cores. This dataset provides sea surface temperature and salinity reconstructions from the South Pacific Convergence Zone extending the instrumental and gridded data products available.
Keyword(s):
Coral; d18O; Geochemical proxies; reconstruction; Seawater δ18O; Sr/Ca
Supplement to:
Todorovic, Sara; Linsley, Braddock K; Kuhnert, Henning; Menkes, C; Isbjakowa, A; Dissard, Delphine (in review): West Pacific Warm Pool warming and salinity front expansion since 1821 reconstructed from paired coral δ18O, Sr/Ca, and reconstructed δ18Osw. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Source:
Delcroix, Thierry; Alory, Gael; Cravatte, Sophie; Corrège, Thierry; McPhaden, Michael J (2011): A gridded sea surface salinity data set for the tropical Pacific with sample applications (1950–2008). Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 58(1), 38-48, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2010.11.002
Huang, Boyin; Banzon, Viva F; Freeman, Eric; Lawrimore, Jay; Liu, Wei; Peterson, Thomas C; Smith, Thomas M; Thorne, Peter W; Woodruff, Scott D; Zhang, Huai-Min (2015): Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature (ERSST), Version 4 [dataset]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, https://doi.org/10.7289/V5KD1VVF
Huang, Boyin; Banzon, Viva F; Freeman, Eric; Lawrimore, Jay; Liu, Wei; Peterson, Thomas C; Smith, Thomas M; Thorne, Peter W; Woodruff, Scott D; Zhang, Huai-Min (2015): Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature Version 4 (ERSST.v4). Part I: Upgrades and Intercomparisons. Journal of Climate, 28(3), 911-930, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00006.1
References:
Linsley, Braddock K; Wellington, G M; Schrag, Daniel P (2000): Decadal Sea Surface Temperature Variability in the Subtropical South Pacific from 1726 to 1997 A.D. Science, 290(5494), 1145-1148, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.290.5494.1145
Linsley, Braddock K; Wellington, G M; Schrag, Daniel P; Ren, M J; Salinger, A W; Tudhope, Alexander W (2004): Geochemical evidence from corals for changes in the amplitude and spatial pattern of South Pacific interdecadal climate variability over the last 300 years. Climate Dynamics, 22(1), 1-11, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-003-0364-y
Linsley, Braddock K; Zhang, Peipei; Kaplan, Alexey; Howe, Stephen S; Wellington, G M (2008): Interdecadal-decadal climate variability from multicoral oxygen isotope records in the South Pacific Convergence Zone region since 1650 A.D. Paleoceanography, 23(2), PA2219, https://doi.org/10.1029/2007PA001539
Wu, Henry C; Linsley, Braddock K; Dassié, Emilie Pauline; Schiraldi, Benedetto; deMenocal, Peter B (2013): Oceanographic variability in the South Pacific Convergence Zone region over the last 210 years from multi-site coral Sr/Ca records. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 14(5), 1435-1453, https://doi.org/10.1029/2012GC004293
Funding:
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Bonn (BMBF), grant/award no. 57429626: Make Our Planet Great Again-Ocean acidification crisis and global warming observations from tropical corals
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -16.858300 * Median Longitude: -171.358350 * South-bound Latitude: -21.233300 * West-bound Longitude: 177.100000 * North-bound Latitude: -12.483300 * East-bound Longitude: -159.816700
Date/Time Start: 1996-11-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1996-11-01T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, water: 10.9 m * Maximum DEPTH, water: 10.9 m
Event(s):
SPCZ_Porites_1996 * Latitude Start: -12.483300 * Longitude Start: 177.100000 * Latitude End: -21.233300 * Longitude End: -159.816700 * Date/Time Start: 1996-11-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1996-11-01T00:00:00 * Elevation Start: -18.3 m * Elevation End: -3.5 m * Location: South Pacific Convergence Zone * Method/Device: Diver-held corer (DHC) * Comment: Four coral cores RO2 - Rotuma, 1F - Fiji, TNI2 - Tonga, 2R - Rarotonga
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1AGEAgeka BPTodorovic, SaraCalculatedGeocode
2AgeAgea AD/CETodorovic, SaraCalculated
3DateDateTodorovic, SaraCalculated
4Depth, water, top/minimumDepth water topmTodorovic, Sara
5Depth, water, bottom/maximumDepth water botmTodorovic, Sara
6DEPTH, waterDepth watermTodorovic, SaraCalculated average/mean valuesGeocode
7Porites sp., δ18OPorites sp. δ18O‰ PDBTodorovic, SaraCalculatedmultiple coral core records, centered by removing the 1850-1995 mean
8Porites sp., δ18O, standard errorPorites sp. δ18O std e±Todorovic, SaraCalculated standard error (SE)
9Porites sp., Strontium/Calcium ratioPorites sp. Sr/Cammol/molTodorovic, SaraCalculatedmultiple coral core records, centered by removing the 1850-1995 mean
10Porites sp., Strontium/Calcium ratio, standard errorPorites sp. Sr/Ca std e±Todorovic, SaraCalculated standard error (SE)
11δ18O, seawater, reconstructedδ18Osw‰ PDBTodorovic, SaraCalculatedmultiple coral core records, centered by removing the 1850-1995 mean
12δ18O, seawater, reconstructed, standard errorδ18Osw std e±Todorovic, SaraCalculated standard error (SE)
13Sea surface temperature, reconstructed, anomalySST reconst anom°CTodorovic, SaraCalculatedmultiple coral core records, centered by removing the 1850-1995 mean
14Sea surface temperature, reconstructed, anomaly, standard errorSST reconst anom std e±Todorovic, SaraCalculated standard error (SE)
15Sea surface salinity, reconstructed, anomalySSS reconst anomPSUTodorovic, SaraCalculatedmultiple coral core records, centered by removing the 1850-1995 mean
16Sea surface salinity, recontructed, anomaly, standard errorSSS reconst anom std e±Todorovic, SaraCalculated standard error (SE)
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (License comes into effect after moratorium ends)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC) * Processing Level: PANGAEA data processing level 4 (ProcLevel4)
Size:
24892 data points

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