Figure 1

Composite winter mean (DJF) rainfall anomalies (Units: mm/day) in groups of: (a) mix of all El Niño events; (b) strong EAWMres-El Niño; (c) weak EAWMres-El Niño; (d) the difference between (b) and (c); (e) mix of all La Niña events; (f) strong EAWMres-La Niña; (g) weak EAWMres-La Niña; and (h) the difference between (f) and (g). Regions shaded with purple dots in (d) and (h) indicate the 90% confidence level. The maps in the figure are generated using the NCAR Command Language (NCL) (Version 6.4.0 & URL: http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/).