Editing Coral (section)

=====Sea surface temperature and sea surface salinity=====
[[File:Global Sea Surface Temperature - GPN-2003-00032.jpg|thumb|Global sea surface temperature (SST)]]
The global moisture budget is primarily being influenced by tropical sea surface temperatures from the position of the [[Intertropical Convergence Zone]] (ITCZ).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wu |first1=Henry C. |last2=Linsley |first2=Braddock K. |last3=Dassié |first3=Emilie P. |last4=Schiraldi |first4=Benedetto |last5=deMenocal |first5=Peter B. |year=2013 |title=Oceanographic variability in the South Pacific Convergence Zone region over the last 210 years from multi-site coral Sr/Ca records |journal=Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems |volume=14 |issue=5 |pages=1435–53 |bibcode=2013GGG....14.1435W |doi=10.1029/2012GC004293 |doi-access=free}}</ref> The [[Southern Hemisphere]] has a unique meteorological feature positioned in the southwestern Pacific Basin called the [[South Pacific convergence zone|South Pacific Convergence Zone (SPCZ)]], which contains a perennial position within the Southern Hemisphere. During [[El Niño Southern Oscillation|ENSO]] warm periods, the [[South Pacific convergence zone|SPCZ]] reverses orientation extending from the equator down south through [[Solomon Islands]], [[Vanuatu]], [[Fiji]] and towards the French [[Polynesian islands|Polynesian Islands]]; and due east towards [[South America]] affecting geochemistry of corals in tropical regions.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kiladis |first1=George N. |last2=von Storch |first2=Hans |last3=van Loon |first3=Harry |year=1989 |title=Origin of the South Pacific Convergence Zone |journal=Journal of Climate |volume=2 |issue=10 |pages=1185–95 |bibcode=1989JCli....2.1185K |doi=10.1175/1520-0442(1989)002<1185:OOTSPC>2.0.CO;2 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

Geochemical analysis of skeletal coral can be linked to sea surface salinity (SSS) and [[sea surface temperature]] (SST), from [http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/gcos_wgsp/Timeseries/Nino34/ El Nino 3.4 SSTA] data, of tropical oceans to seawater [[Δ18O|δ<sup>18</sup>O]] ratio anomalies from corals. [[El Niño Southern Oscillation|ENSO]] phenomenon can be related to variations in sea surface salinity (SSS) and [[sea surface temperature|sea surface temperature (SST)]] that can help model tropical climate activities.<ref name="Lukas, R. 1991">{{cite journal |last1=Lukas |first1=Roger |last2=Lindstrom |first2=Eric |year=1991 |title=The mixed layer of the western equatorial Pacific Ocean |journal=Journal of Geophysical Research |volume=96 |issue=S1 |pages=3343–58 |bibcode=1991JGR....96.3343L |doi=10.1029/90JC01951}}</ref>