“…In offshore environments free from anthropogenic influences, coral V may serve as an indicator of variations in the runoff associated with rainfall and the upwelling controlled by East Asian Summer Monsoon, based on the decadal variations of V from a 159 years coral record (1853-2011) (Chen et al, 2015). Despite of the anthropogenic effects in the Weizhou Island, W. Jiang et al (2022) also established a robust correlation between sea surface winds and the temporal variability of Porites coral V/Ca ratios, indicating significant potential for capturing historical shifts in tropical cyclones (TC). However, previous research has focused on estuarine areas (e.g., Chen et al, 2015;Guzman & Jarvis, 1996;Nguyen et al, 2013;Saha, Webb, Christy, & Zhao, 2019;Tanaka et al, 2013) or over a short period (e.g., W. Jiang et al, 2022), thus potentially limiting the interpretation of this proxy.…”