Effects of Ocean Ecosystem on Marine Aerosol-Cloud Interaction

Table 4

Correlations of [Chl-a] and AOD_diff for time series of Figure 5(1).

Location (Date Range)	[Chl-a] and AOD^550diff^(2)	[Chl-a] and AOD^1020diff^(3)	[Chl-a] and AOD^550diff^(4)	[Chl-a] and AOD^550diff^(5)
Southern Atlantic	0.60(0.52)	0.41(0.30)	0.60(0.52)	0.59(0.50)
Box #1 (39°S to 47°S, 57°W to 47°W)	(0.66)	(0.50)	(0.67)	(0.65)
Southern Atlantic	0.57(0.48)	0.31(0.18)	0.59(0.48)	0.58(0.45)
Box #2 (48°S to 58°S, 43°W to 31°W)	(0.65)	(0.41)	(0.68)	(0.68)
Southern Atlantic	0.54(0.44)	0.30(0.15)	0.56(0.44)	0.35(0.23)
Box #3 (48°S to 58°S, 31°W to 20°W)	(0.61)	(0.44)	(0.66)	(0.47)
Southern Indian	0.65(0.55)	0.41(0.30)	0.65(0.55)	0.66(0.52)
Box #4 (48°S to 55°S, 44°E to 64°E)	(0.70)	(0.51)	(0.71)	(0.72)
Southern Indian	0.40(0.28)	0.18(0.07)	0.49(0.38)	0.43(0.32)
Box #5 (47°S to 55°S, 71°E to 91°E)	(0.49)	(0.33)	(0.54)	(0.54)
Southern Pacific	0.35(0.21)	0.03(−0.13)	0.42(0.29)	0.37(0.23)
Box #6 (55°S to 67°S, 159°W to 145°W)	(0.45)	(0.14)	(0.48)	(0.48)
Southern Pacific	0.34(0.23)	0.18(0.11)	0.34(0.18)	0.37(0.26)
Box #7 (46°S to 56°S, 100°W to 90°W)	(0.42)	(0.32)	(0.37)	(0.47)
Southern Pacific	−0.25(−0.36)	−0.15(−0.23)	−0.38(−0.42)	−0.21(−0.31)
Box #8 (25°S to 35°S, 135°W to 125°W)	(−0.15)	(−0.05)	(−0.23)	(−0.12)

(1)Numbers in parenthesis show the upper and lower bounds of a 95% confidence interval.
⁽²⁾ss-AOD at 500 nm was calculated using Smirnov et al. [57] parameterization.
⁽³⁾ss-AOD at 1020 nm was calculated using Smirnov et al. [57] parameterization.
⁽⁴⁾ss-AOD at 500 nm was calculated using Mulcahy et al. [58] parameterization.
⁽⁵⁾ss-AOD at 555 nm was calculated using Glantz et al. [59] parameterization.