The Mediterranean Oscillation Teleconnection Index: Station-Based versus Principal Component Paradigms

Table 5

Correlation (95% significance level) among all the selected MO indices (winter-averaged time series): MO_PC based on principal component analysis and the other station-based MO indices (MO_AC for Algiers-Cairo; MO_GI for Gibraltar-Israel; MO_FL for France-Levantine; and MO_MJ for Marseille-Jerusalem; see text for details).

	MOPC	MOAC	MOGI	MOFL
MOAC	0.74
MOGI	0.73	0.62
MOFL	0.74	0.65	0.76
MOMJ	0.87	0.80	0.81	0.93