A coral δ18O record of ENSO driven sea surface salinity variability in Fiji (south-western tropical Pacific)

Details A coral δ18O record of ENSO driven sea surface salinity variability in Fiji (south-western tropical Pacific) A coral δ18O record of ENSO driven sea surface salinity variability in Fiji (south-western tropical Pacific)

Dec 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000georl..27.3897l&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 27, Issue 23, p. 3897-3900

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Oceanography: General: Climate And Interannual Variability, Oceanography: Physical: El Nino, Oceanography: Biological And Chemical: Stable Isotopes, Information Related To Geographic Region: Pacific Ocean

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The role of salinity in the dynamics and thermodynamics of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events is increasingly being investigated. However, instrumental records of salinity are scarce and short in the tropical Pacific, and there is a clear need for a reliable salinity proxy to extend our knowledge of ENSO through time. Here, we present 40 years of δ18O data from a Fiji coral (16°48'S-177°27'E). The coral δ18O signal integrates both sea surface temperature (SST) and sea surface salinity (SSS) variations. On a seasonal timescale, δ18O is mainly driven by SST changes whereas on an interannual ENSO timescale, it is almost exclusively affected by SSS variability. Since interannual fluctuations of SSS are rather well correlated to the Southern Oscillation Index in Fiji, coral δ18O can be used to reconstruct paleo-salinity data with some level of confidence. This may help for tracking ENSO influences back in time.

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