Figure 2

Time series of the dry-season SC extent and the time series of the SST anomaly in the Niño 1 + 2 region (first row), the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) values (second row), and the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) index (third row). (a–c) Extratropical latitudes (23°S–34°); and (d–f) Mid-latitudes (34°S–40°). The correlation coefficients (R) are shown in the upper right corner of each plot. The plots were generated by using PYTHON’s Matplotlib Library⁶⁸.