Shift in ENSO teleconnections recorded by a northern Red Sea coral

From: Journal of Climate | Date: May 1, 2003| Author: Rimbu, N; Lohmann, G; Felis, T; Patzold, J | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) teleconnections over Europe and the Middle East are evaluated using an oxygen isotope coral time series from the northern Red Sea and various instrumental datasets. A shift in the correlation between the Nino-3 index and the Red Sea coral record in the 1970s is detected, and it is shown that this shift can be attributed to nonstationary circulation regimes and related ENSO teleconnections. It is found that positive anomalies of oxygen isotop...

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