isotope interpretation1 should this be d18O of seawater? -BK DMT: No, I double checked the paper.  d18O is primarily temp at this site

Finnigan MAT-252 gas-sourced mass spectrometer housed at the Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Science, Xi’an, China. The results are expressed using delta (d) notation relative to the Vienna Pee Dee Belemnite (V-PDB) standard. Stable isotope precision for d18O determined by analysis of the Chinese national standard calcite sample GBW04405 over the course of 2 months was 60.09& (1r; n5138)

monthly coral d18O data to reconstruct a KC transport record with annual to
interannual resolution for the interval 1953–2004. The field site is located in southern Taiwan on the western
flank of the upstream KC. Increased (reduced) KC transport would generate strong (weak) upwelling,
resulting in relatively high (low) local coral d18O.

On average, SSS values vary from 33.5 psu in the wet season to 34.4 psu in the dry season, yielding a small seasonal variability of only 0.9 psu or less [Shen et al., 2005b]. The seasonal change in bay water d18O was only 0.2060.05& in 1993 and 1995 [Shen et al., 2005b], accounting for <17% of the seasonal d18Ocoral variation. A negligible correlation (R520.03) between precipitation and d18Ocoral is observed (supporting information Figure S2). Hence, the d18Ocoral data primarily reflect seasonal SST changes of about 58C (IGOSS SST; Figure

Xiaohua Li , Yi Liu , Yi-Chia Hsin , Weiguo Liu, Zhengguo Shi , Hong-Wei Chiang , and Chuan-Chou Shen

Entered by K . DeLong, who also did a quick age model of data

d18O (WEB27c0dc78): interpretation3_scope: '' has been replaced by 'isotope'

Column 'addR6xRn1ZZOqKGbGoU9', with variable name 'yearEnsemble', was added to the dataset
Column 'addRx6yOPHNySPEmoMq4', with variable name 'yearEnsemble', was added to the dataset

Coral record of variability in the upstream Kuroshio Current during 1953-2004

Li, X., Liu, Y., Hsin, Y.-C., Liu, W., Shi, Z., Chiang, H.-W. and Shen, C.-C.: Coral record of variability in the upstream Kuroshio Current during 1953-2004, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 122(8), 6936–6946, doi:10.1002/2017jc012944, 2017.