Guadeloupe 41 Year Monthly Coral d18O and Sr/Ca Data Hetzinger, S.; Pfeiffer, M.; Dullo, W.-C.; Ruprecht, E.; Garbe-Schönberg, D. Hetzinger, S. Pfeiffer, M. Dullo, W.-C. Ruprecht, E. Garbe-Schönberg, D. ENSO earth science/paleoclimate/corals and sclerosponges (delta 18O,Pseudodiploria strigosa,null,per mil VPDB,null,corals and sclerosponges,interpolated,isotope ratio mass spectrometry,N,null) earth science/paleoclimate/corals and sclerosponges (delta 18O,Pseudodiploria strigosa,null,per mil VPDB,annual,corals and sclerosponges,averaged|interpolated,isotope ratio mass spectrometry,N,null) earth science/paleoclimate/corals and sclerosponges (age,null,null,year Common Era,null,corals and sclerosponges,null,null,N,null) earth science/paleoclimate/corals and sclerosponges (strontium/calcium,Pseudodiploria strigosa,null,millimole per mole,null,corals and sclerosponges,interpolated,inductively-coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy,N,null) earth science/paleoclimate/corals and sclerosponges (strontium/calcium,Pseudodiploria strigosa,null,millimole per mole,annual,corals and sclerosponges,averaged|interpolated,inductively-coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy,N,null) earth science/paleoclimate/corals and sclerosponges earth science/paleoclimate/corals and sclerosponges (Isle de Gosier>LATITUDE 16.2>LONGITUDE -61.49) This study provides the first monthly resolved, 41-year record of geochemical variations (d18O and Sr/Ca) in a fast-growing Diploria strigosa brain coral from Guadeloupe, Caribbean Sea. Linear regression yields a significant correlation of coral Sr/Ca (d18O) with instrumental sea surface temperature (SST) on both monthly and mean annual scales (e.g., r = ?0.59 for correlation between Simple Ocean Data Assimilation (SODA) SST and Sr/Ca, and r = -0.66 for d18O; mean annual scale, p < 0.0001). The generated coral Sr/Ca (d18O)-SST calibration equations are consistent with each other and with published equations using other coral species from different regions. Moreover, a high correlation of coral Sr/Ca and d18O with local air temperature on a mean annual scale (r = -0.78 for Sr/Ca; r = -0.73 for d18O; p < 0.0001) demonstrates the applicability of geochemical proxies measured from Diploria strigosa corals as reliable recorders for interannual temperature variability. Both coral proxies are highly correlated with annual and seasonal mean time series of major SST indices in the northern tropical Atlantic (e.g., r = -0.71 for correlation between the index of North Tropical Atlantic SST anomaly and Sr/Ca, and r = -0.70 for d18O; mean annual scale, p < 0.001). Furthermore, the coral proxies capture the impact of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation on the northern tropical Atlantic during boreal spring. Thus fast-growing Diploria strigosa corals are a promising new archive for the Atlantic Ocean. STUDY NOTES: Coral stable isotope (d18O) and Sr/Ca data at monthly and annual resolution for the last 41 years from Guadeloupe, Caribbean Sea. Core Gua1 was collected from a Diploria strigosa coral specimen in April 2000. Sampling location: Guadeloupe, Isle de Gosier 16.20°N, 61.49°W, water depth 1.7m NCDC-Paleoclimatology https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data - Bauer Bruce Investigator : Hetzinger, S. Investigator : Pfeiffer, M. Investigator : Dullo, W.-C. Investigator : Ruprecht, E. Investigator : Garbe-Schönberg, D. 2012-04-03 ONLINE Files online, ASCII https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/12892 https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/coral/caribbean/guadaloupe2006.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/coral/caribbean/guadaloupe2006.xls https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/coral/caribbean/guadaloupe2006.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/coral/caribbean/guadaloupe2006.xls English https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/12892 https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/coral/caribbean/guadaloupe2006.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/coral/caribbean/guadaloupe2006.xls Hetzinger, S., M. Pfeiffer, W.-C. Dullo, E. Ruprecht, and D. Garbe-Schönberg. 2006. Sr/Ca and d18O in a fast-growing Diploria strigosa coral: Evaluation of a new climate archive for the tropical Atlantic. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 7, Q10002, doi:10.1029/2006GC001347. START YEAR: 1958 AD * END YEAR: 1999 AD -61.49 16.2 -61.49 16.2