Table 2 Seasonal mean correlations between (upper table) a posteriori CH4 emission anomalies over NE and SW tropical South America (Fig. 3) and tropical Pacific–Atlantic dipole (PAD) SST anomalies, and (lower table) a posteriori CH4 emission anomalies over tropical Africa (Fig. 3) and Indian Ocean dipole (IOD) SST anomalies.
Wet season | Dry season | |
|---|---|---|
n, r, p | n, r, p | |
\(\overline{DJFM}\) | \(\overline{JASO}\) | |
NE tropical S. America | 10, −0.5, 0.2 | 10, −0.9, <0.001 |
SW tropical S. America | 10, 0.8, 0.008 | 10, 0.9, 0.02 |
Long rains | Short rains | |
n, r, p | n, r, p | |
\(\overline{MAM}\) | \(\overline{OND}\) | |
East Africa | 10, −0.3, 0.4 | 10, 0.7, 0.01 |