Ras Umm Sidd - del18O Data Felis, T.; Pätzold, J.; Loya, Y.; Fine, M.; Nawar, A.H.; Wefer, G. Felis, T. Pätzold, J. Loya, Y. Fine, M. Nawar, A.H. Wefer, G. 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 (delta 18O,Porites sp.,null,per mil VPDB,null,corals and sclerosponges,interpolated,isotope ratio mass spectrometry,N,null) earth science/paleoclimate/corals and sclerosponges (Ras Umm Sidd>LATITUDE 27.848333>LONGITUDE 34.31) A 245-year coral oxygen isotope record from the northern Red Sea (Ras Umm Sidd/Egypt, ~28N) in bimonthly resolution is presented. The mean annual coral d18O signal apparently reflects varying proportions of both sea surface temperature and d18Oseawater variability. In conjunction with instrumental observations of climate the coral record suggests for interannual and longer timescales that colder periods are accompanied by more arid conditions in the northern Red Sea but increased rainfall in the southeastern Mediterranean, whereas warmer periods are accompanied by decreased rainfall in the latter and less arid conditions in the northern Red Sea. A ~70-year oscillation of probably North Atlantic origin dominates the coral time series. Interannual to interdecadal variability is correlated with instrumental indices of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), and North Pacific climate variability. The results suggest that these modes contributed consistently to Middle East climate variability since at least 1750, preferentially at a period of ~5.7 years. NCDC-Paleoclimatology https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data - Bauer Bruce Investigator : Felis, T. Investigator : Pätzold, J. Investigator : Loya, Y. Investigator : Fine, M. Investigator : Nawar, A.H. Investigator : Wefer, G. 2000-07-01 ONLINE Files online, ASCII https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/1861 https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/coral/red_sea/felis2000_noaa.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/coral/red_sea/felis2000_noaa.txt English https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/1861 https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/coral/red_sea/felis2000_noaa.txt Thomas Felis, Jürgen Pätzold, Yossi Loya, Maoz Fine, Ahmed H. Nawar, Gerold Wefer2000A coral oxygen isotope record from the northern Red Sea documenting NAO, ENSO, and North Pacific teleconnections on Middle East climate variability since the year 1750Paleoceanography156679-69410.1029/1999PA000477https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/1999PA000477 Felis, T., G. Lohmann, H. Kuhnert, S.J. Lorenz, D. Scholz, J. Pätzold, S.A. Al-Rousan, and S.M. Al-Moghrabi. 2004. Increased seasonality in Middle East temperatures during the last interglacial period. Nature 429(6988):164-168. Rimbu, N.; Lohmann, G.; Felis, T.; Pätzold, J2001Arctic Oscillation signature in a Red Sea coralGeophysical Research Letters281510.1029/2001GL013083 Rimbu, N.; Lohmann, G.; Felis, T.; Pätzold, J2003Shift in ENSO teleconnections recorded by a northern Red Sea coralJournal of Climate1610.1175/1520-0442-16.9.1414 START YEAR: 1750 AD * END YEAR: 1995 AD 34.31 27.848333 34.31 27.848333