Table 2 Correlation coefficients (r) between the POC anomalies and PDO, Niño3.4 and NPGO indices for each season and for all-seasons in the four studied areas over the period of 2003–2013.
Winter (n = 33) | Spring (n = 33) | Summer (n = 33) | Fall (n = 33) | All-seasons (n = 132) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Northwest | PDO | −0.27 | 0.17 | −0.18 | −0.24 | −0.11 |
Niño3.4 | −0.03 | 0.08 | 0.03 | −0.07 | −0.01 | |
NPGO | 0.04 | −0.1 | 0.02 | 0.15 | 0.03 | |
Northeast | PDO | −0.16 | −0.06 | −0.15 | −0.08 | −0.11 |
Niño3.4 | −0.16 | −0.10 | 0.03 | −0.07 | −0.1 | |
NPGO | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.17 | 0.05 | 0.08 | |
Southwest | PDO | 0.08 | 0.55*** | 0.62*** | 0.54** | 0.38*** |
Niño3.4 | 0.03 | 0.2 | −0.06 | 0.39* | 0.17* | |
NPGO | −0.56*** | −0.24 | −0.51** | −0.47** | −0.36*** | |
Southeast | PDO | −0.61*** | −0.68*** | −0.60*** | −0.49** | −0.56*** |
Niño3.4 | −0.35* | −0.48** | −0.42* | −0.28 | −0.33*** | |
NPGO | 0.03 | 0.36* | 0.47** | 0.27 | 0.23** | |
