# WDC PALEO DATA SUBMISSION for PAGES 2k database # # Created 28 Feb 2013 by Raphi Neukom based on WDC template from 21 Dec 2012 using make_NOAA_files.r #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder # and # NOAA Paleoclimatology Program #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # NOTE: Please cite original reference when using these data, # plus the Online Resource and date accessed. # # Original_Source_URL: ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/coral/west_pacific/great_barrier/queensland-rainfall2011.txt # # Archive: Corals #-------------------- # Contribution_Date # Date: 28-02-2013 #-------------------- # Title # Study_Name: Havannah Coral Luminescence rainfall reconstruction #-------------------- # Investigators # Investigators: Lough, J.M. #-------------------- # Description_and_Notes # Description: Uploaded by R. Neukom, data obtained from NOAA Paleo DB. #-------------------- # Publication # Authors: Lough, Janice M. # Published_Date_or_Year: 2011 # Published_Title: Great Barrier Reef coral luminescence reveals rainfall variability over northeastern Australia since the 17th century # Journal_Name: Paleoceanography # Volume: 26 # Issue: 2 # Pages: PA2201 # DOI: 10.1029/2010pa002050 # Abstract: Northeast tropical Queensland rainfall is concentrated in the summer half year and characterized by high interannual variability, partly related to El Niņo&8211;Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events. This results in highly variable river flows affecting nearshore coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Freshwater flood events are recorded in long-lived, annually banded massive coral skeletons as luminescent lines. Quantitative measurements of luminescence intensity were made for 20 Porites coral cores from nearshore reef sites between 11°S and 23°S. Seventeen of the coral luminescence series were significantly correlated with an instrumental record of northeast Queensland summer rainfall and were used to develop seven significantly calibrated and verified rainfall reconstructions based on between 17 (starting 1891) and 1 (starting 1639) coral series. The longest reconstruction, based on more than one coral, provides insights into northeast Queensland rainfall variability from the late 17th century. Comparisons with various independent climate proxies are equivocal: the magnitude and significance of relationships with, for example, a proxy ENSO index vary through time. An extended drier period reconstructed from approximately the 1760s to the 1850s is associated with lower interannual rainfall variability. Since the late 19th century average rainfall and its variability have significantly increased, with wet and dry extremes becoming more frequent than in earlier centuries. This suggests that a warming global climate maybe associated with more variable tropical Queensland rainfall. #-------------------- # Funding_Agency #-------------------- # Site_Information # Site_Name: Havannah # Location: Ocean>Pacific Ocean # Region: PAGES Australasia 2k # Country: Australia # Northernmost_Latitude: -18 # Southernmost_Latitude: -18 # Easternmost_Longitude: 147 # Westernmost_Longitude: 147 # Elevation: #-------------------- # Data_Collection # Collection_Name: Havannah Coral Luminescence for PAGES Australasia 2k regional reconstructions # Earliest_Year: 1639 # Most_Recent_Year: 1981 # Time_Unit: AD # Notes: Calibrated rainfall reconstruction #-------------------- # Species #-------------------- # Chronology: #-------------------- # Variables # Short_name What,Material,Error,Units, Anomaly_period,Archive,Details,Method,Data_type ## age_AD age, , ,AD, ,corals, ,,N ## GBR_RR_recon_hav Coral Luminescence rainfall reconstruction,coral,,mm,,coral,,,N #-------------------- # Data # Missing values: NA age_AD GBR_RR_recon_hav 1639 1115.6 1640 1153.6 1641 897.1 1642 1267.4 1643 997.4 1644 798.8 1645 845.1 1646 950.9 1647 950.9 1648 868.6 1649 1280.3 1650 906.8 1651 870.1 1652 1182.5 1653 929.9 1654 953.0 1655 1230.7 1656 949.2 1657 914.5 1658 1016.7 1659 862.4 1660 1172.9 1661 982.0 1662 1147.8 1663 1352.2 1664 1315.6 1665 924.1 1666 1138.2 1667 960.8 1668 833.5 1669 899.1 1670 1101.5 1671 1097.7 1672 920.3 1673 1319.4 1674 1113.1 1675 1030.2 1676 928.0 1677 1199.9 1678 958.8 1679 935.7 1680 1097.7 1681 937.6 1682 950.9 1683 950.9 1684 1033.3 1685 1142.0 1686 1246.1 1687 1170.9 1688 1066.8 1689 958.8 1690 908.7 1691 1064.9 1692 1028.3 1693 845.1 1694 1386.9 1695 902.9 1696 1477.5 1697 1172.9 1698 860.5 1699 1115.6 1700 1280.3 1701 1028.3 1702 997.4 1703 870.1 1704 1257.7 1705 1277.0 1706 1236.5 1707 860.5 1708 1186.4 1709 968.5 1710 847.0 1711 1251.9 1712 1188.3 1713 1045.6 1714 941.5 1715 974.3 1716 1138.2 1717 1157.4 1718 1086.1 1719 1055.2 1720 897.1 1721 887.5 1722 982.0 1723 829.6 1724 825.8 1725 1261.6 1726 1136.2 1727 1064.9 1728 912.6 1729 1086.1 1730 1223.0 1731 1512.3 1732 1115.6 1733 1115.6 1734 1033.3 1735 950.9 1736 995.5 1737 825.8 1738 891.3 1739 1066.8 1740 1005.1 1741 933.8 1742 1039.8 1743 989.7 1744 1024.4 1745 937.6 1746 995.5 1747 1138.2 1748 958.8 1749 1190.2 1750 1161.3 1751 742.9 1752 868.2 1753 943.4 1754 868.2 1755 1066.8 1756 1039.8 1757 916.4 1758 1174.8 1759 1111.2 1760 1024.4 1761 1510.3 1762 997.4 1763 1159.4 1764 908.7 1765 1257.7 1766 860.5 1767 808.4 1768 980.0 1769 1334.9 1770 908.7 1771 1022.5 1772 881.7 1773 931.8 1774 901.0 1775 916.4 1776 1184.4 1777 881.7 1778 968.5 1779 1014.8 1780 1128.5 1781 839.3 1782 1136.2 1783 845.1 1784 868.6 1785 950.9 1786 1115.6 1787 1115.6 1788 1280.3 1789 1003.2 1790 1145.9 1791 1022.5 1792 1010.9 1793 845.1 1794 845.1 1795 1138.2 1796 962.7 1797 902.9 1798 1039.8 1799 802.6 1800 906.8 1801 1359.9 1802 1107.3 1803 845.1 1804 902.9 1805 804.6 1806 862.4 1807 1091.9 1808 1076.5 1809 920.3 1810 1086.1 1811 1028.3 1812 816.1 1813 987.8 1814 1138.2 1815 904.8 1816 929.9 1817 1277.0 1818 870.1 1819 1277.0 1820 1018.6 1821 906.8 1822 966.5 1823 777.6 1824 895.2 1825 1082.2 1826 1201.8 1827 968.5 1828 910.6 1829 991.6 1830 956.9 1831 1236.5 1832 950.9 1833 950.9 1834 950.9 1835 868.6 1836 1057.2 1837 1022.5 1838 1034.0 1839 918.3 1840 1093.8 1841 1036.0 1842 877.8 1843 943.4 1844 966.5 1845 856.6 1846 1063.0 1847 999.3 1848 1105.4 1849 920.3 1850 993.5 1851 843.1 1852 1010.9 1853 816.1 1854 806.5 1855 827.7 1856 943.4 1857 820.0 1858 868.6 1859 1197.9 1860 1115.6 1861 960.8 1862 783.4 1863 1068.7 1864 1242.3 1865 918.3 1866 1034.0 1867 920.3 1868 1049.5 1869 904.8 1870 1444.8 1871 887.5 1872 833.5 1873 1107.3 1874 989.7 1875 1255.8 1876 1066.8 1877 1014.8 1878 1138.2 1879 1290.5 1880 1117.0 1881 1250.0 1882 1568.2 1883 843.1 1884 1045.6 1885 897.1 1886 926.1 1887 1051.4 1888 935.7 1889 1205.7 1890 1491.0 1891 1277.0 1892 835.4 1893 1024.4 1894 1371.5 1895 1321.4 1896 1764.9 1897 868.6 1898 1259.6 1899 1263.5 1900 875.9 1901 1138.2 1902 816.1 1903 1122.7 1904 982.0 1905 985.8 1906 1412.0 1907 897.1 1908 1095.7 1909 785.3 1910 1550.8 1911 1296.3 1912 1064.9 1913 1165.2 1914 1051.4 1915 982.0 1916 1207.6 1917 1103.5 1918 1520.0 1919 845.1 1920 1037.9 1921 955.0 1922 1078.4 1923 1022.5 1924 1034.0 1925 1169.0 1926 866.3 1927 1088.0 1928 956.9 1929 958.8 1930 1039.8 1931 796.9 1932 918.3 1933 775.6 1934 933.8 1935 764.1 1936 1145.9 1937 950.9 1938 950.9 1939 829.6 1940 1452.5 1941 1003.2 1942 808.4 1943 1034.0 1944 1194.1 1945 931.8 1946 1026.3 1947 1147.8 1948 924.1 1949 1149.7 1950 1583.6 1951 1151.7 1952 818.1 1953 1136.2 1954 1331.0 1955 1394.6 1956 1115.0 1957 1016.7 1958 1417.8 1959 1113.1 1960 1041.8 1961 760.2 1962 955.0 1963 1132.4 1964 796.9 1965 970.4 1966 848.9 1967 966.5 1968 1398.5 1969 758.3 1970 1018.6 1971 1159.4 1972 1228.8 1973 943.4 1974 1570.1 1975 999.3 1976 1180.6 1977 1144.0 1978 860.5 1979 1336.8 1980 862.4 1981 1413.9