The Use of MTM-SVD Technique to Explore the Joint Spatiotemporal Modes of Wind and Sea Surface Variability in the North Indian Ocean during 1993–2005
Figure 6
Spatial patterns shown at progressive intervals (~56 days or 22.5° from top to bottom), spanning one-half of a complete cycle (~1.25 years or 15 months). Left and right panels show variations of WSX and SSH, respectively. Sizes of square and triangle represents that magnitudes of both variables are relative to value of WSX at a reference grid point (grid 529th). The squares and triangles indicate different in signs. The initial snapshots correspond to peaks WSX anomalies in the east-central of the North Indian Ocean and SSH anomalies. While the final snapshot corresponds to the opposite conditions that are obtained at one-half cycle later.
