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These links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of this Department of Commerce/NOAA Web site.","country":"USA","dataCenterUrl":"https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data","email":"paleo@noaa.gov","fax":"303-497-6513","longName":"National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce ","phone":"303-497-6280","postalCode":"80305-3328","shortName":"DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI","state":"CO","type":"CONTACT INFORMATION"},"contributionDate":"2011-02-08","dataPublisher":"NOAA","dataType":"CLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS","dataTypeInformation":"https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data/datasets/climate-reconstruction","difMetadataLink":"http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/published/paleo/dif/xml/noaa-recon-10292.xml","doi":null,"earliestYearBP":311,"earliestYearCE":1639,"entryId":"noaa-recon-10292","funding":[{"fundingAgency":"Australian Institute of Marine Science","fundingGrant":null}],"investigators":"Lough, J.M.","mostRecentYearBP":-31,"mostRecentYearCE":1981,"onlineResourceLink":"https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/10292","originalSource":null,"publication":[{"abstract":"Northeast tropical Queensland rainfall is concentrated in the summer \r\nhalf year and characterised by high interannual variability, partly \r\nrelated to El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events. This results \r\nin highly variable river flows affecting near shore coral reefs of \r\nthe Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Freshwater flood events are \r\nrecorded in long-lived, annually-banded massive coral skeletons \r\nas luminescent lines.  Quantitative measurements of luminescence \r\nintensity were made for 20 Porites coral cores from near shore reef \r\nsites between 11°-23°S. Seventeen of the coral luminescence series \r\nwere significantly correlated with an instrumental record of NE \r\nQueensland summer rainfall and used to develop seven significantly \r\ncalibrated and verified rainfall reconstructions based on between \r\n17 (starting 1891) and one (starting 1639) coral series. The longest \r\nreconstruction, based on more than one coral, provides insights into \r\nNE Queensland rainfall variability from the late 17th century. \r\nComparisons with various independent climate proxies are equivocal - \r\nthe magnitude and significance of relationships with, for example, \r\na proxy ENSO index vary through time. An extended drier period \r\nreconstructed from ~1760s to 1850s is associated with lower \r\ninterannual rainfall variability. Since the late 19th century \r\naverage rainfall and its variability have significantly increased \r\nwith wet and dry extremes becoming more frequent than in earlier \r\ncenturies. This suggests that a warming global climate maybe \r\nassociated with more variable tropical Queensland rainfall. \r\n","author":{"name":"Lough, J.M."},"citation":"Lough, J.M. 2011. Great Barrier Reef coral luminescence reveals rainfall variability over northeastern Australia since the 17th century. Paleoceanography, 26, PA2201. doi: 10.1029/2010PA002050","edition":null,"identifier":{"id":"10.1029/2010PA002050","type":"doi","url":"http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2010PA002050"},"issue":null,"journal":"Paleoceanography","pages":null,"pubRank":"1","pubYear":2011,"reportNumber":"PA2201","title":"Great Barrier Reef coral luminescence reveals rainfall variability over northeastern Australia since the 17th century","type":"publication","volume":"26"}],"reconstruction":"Y","scienceKeywords":["hydrology","drought","Precipitation Reconstruction"],"site":[{"NOAASiteId":"36913","geo":{"geoType":"Feature","geometry":{"coordinates":["-19","-12","143","146"],"type":"POLYGON"},"properties":{"easternmostLongitude":"146","maxElevationMeters":null,"minElevationMeters":null,"northernmostLatitude":"-12","southernmostLatitude":"-19","westernmostLongitude":"143"}},"locationName":"Continent>Australia/New Zealand>Australia>Queensland","mappable":"N","paleoData":[{"NOAADataTableId":"19079","coreLengthMeters":null,"dataFile":[{"NOAAKeywords":["earth science>paleoclimate>reconstructions>precipitation"],"fileUrl":"https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/coral/west_pacific/great_barrier/queensland-rainfall2011.txt","linkText":"queensland-rainfall2011.txt","urlDescription":"Coral","variables":[{"cvAdditionalInfo":null,"cvDataType":"CLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS|CORALS AND SCLEROSPONGES","cvDetail":null,"cvError":null,"cvFormat":"Numeric","cvMaterial":null,"cvMethod":null,"cvSeasonality":null,"cvShortName":null,"cvUnit":"year Common Era","cvWhat":"age variable>age"},{"cvAdditionalInfo":null,"cvDataType":"CLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS|CORALS AND SCLEROSPONGES","cvDetail":null,"cvError":null,"cvFormat":"Numeric","cvMaterial":"reconstruction material>physical measurement>luminescence","cvMethod":null,"cvSeasonality":"non-calendric period>summer","cvShortName":null,"cvUnit":"millimeter","cvWhat":"earth system variable>hydroclimatic variable>hydroclimate rate>precipitation"},{"cvAdditionalInfo":"annual luminescence range (measured as the difference between summer peak luminescence and the preceding winter minimum luminescence)","cvDataType":"CORALS AND SCLEROSPONGES","cvDetail":"raw","cvError":null,"cvFormat":"Numeric","cvMaterial":"biological material>organism>coral>Porites sp.","cvMethod":"luminescence spectroscopy","cvSeasonality":null,"cvShortName":null,"cvUnit":"dimensionless","cvWhat":"electromagnetic property>luminescence"},{"cvAdditionalInfo":null,"cvDataType":"INSTRUMENTAL","cvDetail":null,"cvError":null,"cvFormat":"Numeric","cvMaterial":null,"cvMethod":null,"cvSeasonality":"non-calendric period>summer","cvShortName":null,"cvUnit":"millimeter","cvWhat":"earth system variable>hydroclimatic variable>hydroclimate rate>precipitation"}]},{"NOAAKeywords":["earth science>paleoclimate>reconstructions>precipitation"],"fileUrl":"https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/coral/west_pacific/great_barrier/queensland-rainfall2011.xls","linkText":"queensland-rainfall2011.xls","urlDescription":"Coral","variables":[]}],"dataTableName":"NEQ001","dataTableNotes":null,"earliestYear":1639,"earliestYearBP":311,"earliestYearCE":1639,"mostRecentYear":1981,"mostRecentYearBP":-31,"mostRecentYearCE":1981,"species":[],"timeUnit":"AD"}],"siteName":"Northeast Queensland"}],"studyCode":null,"studyName":"Northeast Queensland 350 Year Summer Rainfall Reconstructions ","studyNotes":"Instrumental and reconstructed summer NE Queensland rainfall (mm) \nas plotted in Figure 2 and Figure SM1 of Lough 2011.  Included are \nseven individual reconstructions based on from one to 17 coral \nluminescence data sets from near shore reefs of the Great Barrier \nReef system.  Annual luminescence data for 20 individual coral cores \nare also provided. \n\nGreat Barrier Reef coral luminescence sites are located between \n11°-23°S and 142°-151°E  along the coast of northeastern Queensland, \nAustralia. \n\n","version":"1.0","xmlId":"8966"}