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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
卷 27, 期 23, 页码 3897-3900出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL011843
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The role of salinity in the dynamics and thermodynamics of El Nino - 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 delta O-18 data from a Fiji coral(16 degrees 48'S - 177 degrees 27'E). The coral delta O-18 signal integrates both sea surface temperature (SST) and sea surface salinity (SSS) Variations. On a seasonal timescale, delta O-18 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 delta O-18 call be used to reconstruct palco-salinity data with some level of confidence. This may help for tracking ENSO influences back in time.
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