Tropical Indian Ocean Basin Mode recorded in coral oxygen isotope data from the Seychelles over the past 148 years  

作　　者：DU Yan XIAO JinJun YU KeFu 

机构地区：[1]State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology,Chinese Academy of Sciences [2]University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

出　　处：《Science China Earth Sciences》2014年第11期2597-2605,共9页中国科学（地球科学英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant Nos.2010CB950302,2012CB955603,2013CB-956102,2010CB950101);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDA11010103)

摘　　要：The tropical Indian Ocean （TIO） displays a uniform basin-wide warming or cooling in sea surface temperature （SST） during the decay year of E1 Nifio-Southern Oscillation （ENSO） events. This warming or cooling is called the tropical Indian Ocean Basin Mode （IOBM）. Recent studies showed that the IOBM dominates the interannual variability of the TIO SST and has impacts on the tropical climate from the TIO to the western Pacific. Analyses on a 148-year-long monthly coral δ28O record from the Seychelles Islands demonstrate that the Seychelles coral δ18O not only is associated with the local SST but also indicates the interannul variability of the basin-wide SST in the TIO. Moreover, the Seychelles coral δ180 shows a dominant period of 3-7 years that well represents the variability of the IOBM, which in return is modulated by the inter-decadal climate variability The correlation between the Seychelles coral dlSO and the SST reveals that the coral δ18O lags the SST in the eastern equato- rial Pacific by five months and reaches its peak in the spring following the mature phase of ENSO. The spatial pattern of the first EOF mode indicates that the Seychelles Islands are located at the crucial place of the IOBM. Thus, the Seychelles coral δ80 could be used as a proxy of the IOBM to investigate the ENSO teleconnection on the TIO in terms of long-time climate variability.The tropical Indian Ocean(TIO) displays a uniform basin-wide warming or cooling in sea surface temperature(SST) during the decay year of El Niδo-Southern Oscillation(ENSO) events. This warming or cooling is called the tropical Indian Ocean Basin Mode(IOBM). Recent studies showed that the IOBM dominates the interannual variability of the TIO SST and has impacts on the tropical climate from the TIO to the western Pacific. Analyses on a 148-year-long monthly coral δ 18 O record from the Seychelles Islands demonstrate that the Seychelles coral δ 18 O not only is associated with the local SST but also indicates the interannul variability of the basin-wide SST in the TIO. Moreover, the Seychelles coral δ 18 O shows a dominant period of 3–7 years that well represents the variability of the IOBM, which in return is modulated by the inter-decadal climate variability. The correlation between the Seychelles coral δ 18 O and the SST reveals that the coral δ 18 O lags the SST in the eastern equatorial Pacific by five months and reaches its peak in the spring following the mature phase of ENSO. The spatial pattern of the first EOF mode indicates that the Seychelles Islands are located at the crucial place of the IOBM. Thus, the Seychelles coral δ 18 O could be used as a proxy of the IOBM to investigate the ENSO teleconnection on the TIO in terms of long-time climate variability.

关 键 词：tropical Indian Ocean Seychelles coral δ18O Indian Ocean Basin Mode interannual variability 

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