Correlation of Tarawa d18O record with local SST on monthly (0.62), seasonal (0.67) and annual (0.78) timescales compared to local rainfall on monthly (0.39 or 0.59), seasonal (0.47 or 0.66), and annual (0.59 or 0.80) timescales.

Tarawa Coral Stable Isotope and Geochemistry Data

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d18O (Ocean2kHR_178): interpretation1_seasonality: 'not applicable (subannually resolved)' has been replaced by 'subannual'
d18O (Ocean2kHR_178): interpretation1_variable: 'temperature and salinity' has been replaced by 'temperature'
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Cole, J.E., R.G. Fairbanks, and G.T. Shen.

Cole, J. E., Fairbanks, R. G. and Shen, G. T.: Recent Variability in the Southern Oscillation: Isotopic Results from a Tarawa Atoll Coral, Science, 260(5115), 1790–1793, doi:10.1126/science.260.5115.1790, 1993.