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Climate and hydrographic variability in the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool during the last millennium

Modern Annual Sea Surface Temperature NOAA/NODC World Ocean Atlas. Click image for full global view.	Climate and hydrographic variability in the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool during the last millennium Geophysical Research Letters Vol. 33, L19710, 12 October 2006, doi:10.1029/2006GL027234. Alicia Newton¹, Robert Thunell¹, and Lowell Stott² ¹ Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA. ² Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
ABSTRACT: Planktonic foraminiferal Mg/Ca and δ18O derived sea surface temperature and salinity records from the Makassar Strait, Indonesia, show a long- term cooling and freshening trend, as well as considerable centennial- scale variability during the last millennium. The warmest temperatures and highest salinities occurred during the Medieval Warm Period (MWP), while the coolest temperatures and lowest salinities occurred during the Little Ice Age (LIA). These changes in the western Pacific, along with observations from other high resolution records indicate a regionally coherent southern displacement of the Inter-tropical Convergence Zone during the LIA, with more arid conditions in the northern tropics and wetter conditions in the southern tropics.

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To read or view the full study, please visit the AGU website. It was published in Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 33, L19710, 12 October 2006, doi:10.1029/2006GL027234.


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