Xisha Island - Strontium Data and SST Reconstruction Sun, Y.; Sun, M.; Wei, G.; Lee, T.; Nie, B.; Yu, Z. Sun, Y. Sun, M. Wei, G. Lee, T. Nie, B. Yu, Z. Sea Surface Temperature Reconstruction earth science/paleoclimate/corals and sclerosponges (strontium/calcium,Porites sp.,null,micromole per gram,null,corals and sclerosponges,interpolated,thermal ionization mass spectrometry,N,null) earth science/paleoclimate/climate reconstructions|corals and sclerosponges (age,null,null,year Common Era,null,climate reconstructions|corals and sclerosponges,null,null,N,null) earth science/paleoclimate/climate reconstructions|corals and sclerosponges (sea surface temperature,strontium/calcium,null,degree Celsius,monthly,climate reconstructions|corals and sclerosponges,null,null,N,null) earth science/paleoclimate/corals and sclerosponges earth science/paleoclimate/corals and sclerosponges (Xisha Island>LATITUDE 16.85>LONGITUDE 112.33) A Porites coral collected from Xisha Island, South China Sea, represents a skeleton secreted in the period from 1906 to 1994. The Sr contents of the coral vary linearly with the instrument-measured sea-surface temperature (SST), giving a Sr thermometer: SST = -1.9658 × Sr + 193.26. The reconstructed SST data show that the late 20th century was warmer (about 1°C) than the early 20th century and that two cooling (1915/1916 and 1947/1948) and three warming (1935/1936, 1960/1961, and 1976/1977) shifts occurred in the century. The temperature shifts are more pronounced for winters, implying a close effect of the west Pacific warm pool and Asian monsoon and suggesting that the former is a primary force controlling the climatic system of the region. Results of this study and previously published data indicate a close link of temperature shifts between the boreal summer and the austral winter or the boreal winter and the austral summer. The annual SST anomalies in the South China Sea and the South Pacific reveal the existence of harmonic but opposite SST variations between the two regions. On the decadal scale the comparative annual SST anomalies for the South China Sea and for the equatorial west Pacific show a similarity in temperature variations, implying that the South China Sea climate is coherent with climatic regime of the tropical west Pacific. NCDC-Paleoclimatology https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data - Bauer Bruce Investigator : Sun, Y. Investigator : Sun, M. Investigator : Wei, G. Investigator : Lee, T. Investigator : Nie, B. Investigator : Yu, Z. 2004-07-01 ONLINE Files online, ASCII https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/1894 https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/coral/west_pacific/sun2004_noaa.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/coral/west_pacific/sun2004_noaa.txt English https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/1894 https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/coral/west_pacific/sun2004_noaa.txt Sun, Y., M. Sun, G. Wei, T. Lee, B. Nie, and Z. Yu. 2004. Strontium contents of a Porites coral from Xisha Island, South China Sea: a proxy for sea-surface temperature of the 20th century. Paleoceanography 19:PA2004. START YEAR: 1906 AD * END YEAR: 1994 AD 112.33 16.85 112.33 16.85