Table 1 Correlation coefficients between TNIO SST index in different summer months, and between TNIO SST and NWPSH index during 1979-2005

From: The interdecadal variations of cross-month correlation feature of the NWPSH

 

TNIO (June)

TNIO (July)

TNIO (August)

NWPSH (June)

NWPSH (July)

NWPSH (August)

TNIO (June)

1

0.90 (99.9%)

0.80 (99.9%)

0.48 (98%)

  

TNIO (July)

 

1

0.81 (99.9%)

 

0.50 (99%)

 

TNIO (August)

  

1

  

0.59 (99.8%)

  1. Note: The confidence level is shown in parentheses.