Ras Umm Sidd 245 Year Coral d18O, Sr/Ca, SST and d18Osw Data Felis, T.; Ionita, M.; Rimbu, N.; Lohmann, G.; Kölling, M. Felis, T. Ionita, M. Rimbu, N. Lohmann, G. Kölling, M. Sea Surface Temperature Reconstruction earth science/paleoclimate/corals and sclerosponges (strontium/calcium,Porites sp.,null,millimole per mole,null,corals and sclerosponges,null,null,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 (delta 18O,Porites sp.,null,per mil VPDB,annual,corals and sclerosponges,null,isotope ratio mass spectrometry,N,null) earth science/paleoclimate/corals and sclerosponges (strontium/calcium,Porites sp.,null,millimole per mole,annual,corals and sclerosponges,null,null,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/corals and sclerosponges (delta 18O,Porites sp.,null,per mil VPDB,null,corals and sclerosponges,null,isotope ratio mass spectrometry,N,null) earth science/paleoclimate/climate reconstructions|corals and sclerosponges (sea surface temperature,strontium/calcium,null,degree Celsius,annual,climate reconstructions|corals and sclerosponges,anomalized,null,N,calculated using annual mean proxy-temperature relationship: [-0.140 mmol/mol per degC; Felis et al. Geology 2009]) earth science/paleoclimate/corals and sclerosponges 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. STUDY NOTES: Coral oxygen isotope (d18O) and strontium/calcium data and reconstructed sea surface temperature and d18Oseawater from northern Red Sea coral RUS-95 collected off Ras Umm Sidd, Egypt, for the past 245 years. Data are presented at both annual and bimonthly resolution. NCDC-Paleoclimatology https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data - Bauer Bruce Investigator : Felis, T. Investigator : Ionita, M. Investigator : Rimbu, N. Investigator : Lohmann, G. Investigator : Kölling, M. 2018-07-23 ONLINE Files online, ASCII https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/24690 https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/coral/red_sea/ras-umm-sidd2018ann.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/coral/red_sea/ras-umm-sidd2018bmon.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/coral/red_sea/ras-umm-sidd2018ann.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/coral/red_sea/ras-umm-sidd2018bmon.txt English https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/24690 https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/coral/red_sea/ras-umm-sidd2018ann.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/coral/red_sea/ras-umm-sidd2018bmon.txt Thomas Felis, Monica Ionita, Norel Rimbu, Gerrit Lohmann, Martin Kölling2018Mild and Arid Climate in the Eastern Sahara-Arabian Desert During the Late Little Ice AgeGeophysical Research Letters4510.1029/2018GL078617https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2018GL078617 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 START YEAR: 1751 AD * END YEAR: 1995 AD 34.31 27.848333 34.31 27.848333