Table 2 The correlation matrix for the relationships among the extreme-temperature indices in the agro-pastoral ecotone.

From: Temporal and spatial variation of extreme temperatures in an agro-pastoral ecotone of northern China from 1960 to 2016

Indices

FD

SU

ID

TR

GSL

TX10

TX90

TN10

TN90

WSDI

CSDI

DTR

TNn

TXn

TXx

TNx

FD

1

               

SU

−0.85**

1

              

ID

0.84**

−0.65**

1

             

TR

−0.56**

0.74**

−0.17

1

            

GSL

−0.97**

0.86**

−0.92**

0.49**

1

           

TX10

0.26

−0.06

0.45**

0.27

−0.30*

1

          

TX90

0.22

−0.27

−0.05

−0.44**

−0.14

−0.19

1

         

TN10

0.11

−0.08

−0.04

−0.11

−0.04

0.27

0.00

1

        

TN90

0.07

−0.33*

0.07

−0.33*

−0.13

−0.17

0.11

−0.59**

1

       

WSDI

0.06

−0.18

0.09

−0.31*

−0.11

−0.08

0.34*

0.08

0.27

1

      

CSDI

0.06

0.04

0.18

0.10

−0.08

0.22

−0.26

0.71**

−0.47**

0.08

1

     

DTR

0.25

−0.12

−0.27

−0.48**

−0.04

−0.24

0.38*

0.28

−0.19

−0.10

−0.06

1

    

TNn

−0.98**

0.87**

−0.79**

0.59**

0.95**

−0.18

−0.16

−0.13

−0.11

−0.08

−0.09

−0.27

1

   

TXn

−0.93**

0.87**

−0.92**

0.46**

0.98**

−0.32*

−0.09

−0.05

−0.17

−0.16

−0.13

0.08

0.93**

1

  

TXx

−0.88**

0.87**

−0.88**

0.45**

0.94**

−0.13

−0.04

0.06

−0.24

−0.11

−0.04

0.13

0.89**

0.95**

1

 

TNx

−0.97**

0.88**

−0.83**

0.63**

0.97**

−0.16

−0.21

−0.03

−0.18

−0.16

−0.04

−0.18

0.96**

0.93**

0.92**

1

  1. Note: ** and * represent significance at P < 0.01 and P < 0.05, respectively. All other values are not significant.