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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":"2007-07-02","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-15188.xml","doi":null,"earliestYearBP":319,"earliestYearCE":1631,"entryId":"noaa-recon-15188","funding":[],"investigators":"Lough, J.M.","mostRecentYearBP":-33,"mostRecentYearCE":1983,"onlineResourceLink":"https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/15188","originalSource":null,"publication":[{"abstract":"Rainfall and river flow in northeast Queensland, Australia, are highly \r\nseasonal and show high interannual and decadal variability that is \r\nmodulated by El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events and the Pacific\r\nDecadal Oscillation (PDO). Reconstructions of October-September freshwater \r\ninput to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon and October-September Queensland \r\nrainfall are developed from visual assessment of the occurrence and\r\nintensity of luminescent lines in massive Porites from up to 25 coral \r\ncores from 15 nearshore reefs regularly influenced by river flood plumes. \r\nSeparate reconstructions are developed for four rivers (Herbert, Burdekin,\r\nPioneer, and Fitzroy), and these are used to reconstruct total annual \r\nfreshwater flow into the Great Barrier Reef (69-74% variance calibrated) \r\nand an index of Queensland rainfall (53-57% variance calibrated). \r\nThe reconstructions extend back to 1631 but are most reliable from 1661 \r\nand capture significant decadal variability. The reconstructions provide \r\ninsights into long-term tropical rainfall and river flow variability and \r\nthe behavior of ENSO and the PDO over several centuries. Significant, \r\nthough weak, relationships are found between these reconstructions and \r\nan independent reconstruction of ENSO. The reconstructions highlight \r\nthat observations from the instrumental records of high interannual \r\nand decadal rainfall and river flow variability in northeast Australia \r\nalso characterize the past few centuries. Although there appears to be \r\nno overall trend toward wetter or drier conditions, the reconstructions \r\nsuggest that the variability of rainfall and river flow has increased \r\nduring the twentieth century with more very wet and very dry extremes \r\nthan in earlier centuries, as projected for the region as a consequence \r\nof global warming.","author":null,"citation":"Lough, J.M.  2007. Tropical river flow and rainfall reconstructions from coral luminescence: Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Paleoceanography, Vol. 22, PA2218.  doi:10.1029/2006PA001377","edition":null,"identifier":{"id":"10.1029/2006PA001377","type":"doi","url":"http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2006PA001377"},"issue":null,"journal":"Paleoceanography","pages":null,"pubRank":"1","pubYear":2007,"reportNumber":null,"title":"Tropical river flow and rainfall reconstructions from coral luminescence:  Great Barrier Reef, Australia","type":"publication","volume":null}],"reconstruction":"Y","scienceKeywords":["Pacific Decadal Oscillation","Precipitation Reconstruction","Streamflow Reconstruction","ENSO"],"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":"25191","coreLengthMeters":null,"dataFile":[{"NOAAKeywords":["earth science>paleoclimate>reconstructions>streamflow","earth science>paleoclimate>reconstructions>precipitation"],"fileUrl":"https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/coral/west_pacific/great_barrier/queensland-riverflow2007.txt","linkText":"queensland-riverflow2007.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":"Instrumental values 1984-2005; percent of mean","cvDataType":"CLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS|CORALS AND SCLEROSPONGES","cvDetail":null,"cvError":null,"cvFormat":"Numeric","cvMaterial":"reconstruction material>physical measurement>luminescence","cvMethod":null,"cvSeasonality":"annual>Oct-Sep","cvShortName":null,"cvUnit":"percent","cvWhat":"earth system variable>hydroclimatic variable>hydroclimate rate>precipitation"},{"cvAdditionalInfo":"Instrumental values 1984-2005","cvDataType":"CLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS|CORALS AND SCLEROSPONGES","cvDetail":null,"cvError":null,"cvFormat":"Numeric","cvMaterial":"reconstruction material>physical measurement>luminescence","cvMethod":null,"cvSeasonality":"annual>Oct-Sep","cvShortName":null,"cvUnit":"cubic kilometer","cvWhat":"earth system variable>hydroclimatic variable>hydroclimate rate>streamflow"}]}],"dataTableName":"Lough2007Rainfall-Flow","dataTableNotes":null,"earliestYear":1631,"earliestYearBP":319,"earliestYearCE":1631,"mostRecentYear":1983,"mostRecentYearBP":-33,"mostRecentYearCE":1983,"species":[],"timeUnit":"AD"}],"siteName":"Northeast Queensland"}],"studyCode":null,"studyName":"Queensland 350-Year Rainfall and Riverflow Reconstructions","studyNotes":"Reconstructed October-September freshwater river flow to Great Barrier Reef, \nQueensland, Australia (km3) and October-September Queensland rainfall (% of mean) \nfrom coral luminescence from 25 coral cores, 1631-1983.\n\nGreat Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia: ~17-23 South, ~146-151 East","version":"1.0","xmlId":"13005"}