Characteristics of Temperature and Humidity Inversions and Low-Level Jets over Svalbard Fjords in Spring

Table 4

Potentially causal variables that have highest correlation coefficient (r) with the properties of inversions and low-level jets. Only |𝑟|≥0.4 with significance level exceeding 95% are marked. See the text for definition of the symbols.

Variable	Statistical relationships
	AWI	UT	UNIS
TIS	𝑈5m: −0.40		NR: −0.46
	T850: 0.55	No significant; correlations	Z850: 0.40
	RH850: −0.56		q850: −0.50
			RH850: −0.50
TID	T850: 0.43	𝑇adv850: 0.76	H: 0.49
	RH850: −0.45	RH850: −0.56	q850: −0.43
		T850: 0.54
zTb	Not analysed	𝑈5m: 0.58	No significant correlations
QIS	T850: 0.64	Z850: 0.52	P: −0.46
	q850: 0.48	U850: −0.53	T850: 0.53
		LCC: 0.50	𝑇adv850: 0.43
			RH850: −0.56
QID	No significant; correlations	NR: −0.50	q850: −0.40
		𝑇adv850: −0.52
zqb	SWR: 𝑟=0.53	𝑈5m: 𝑟=0.65	No significant correlations