Advances in Meteorology

Research Article

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

Table 1

(a) Mean absolute correlation at 95% significance level between annual and decadal (5-year running means) MO indices and climatic variables (, , -, and net heat flux, ). The fraction of points significantly correlated is shown in brackets. (—) indicates that the correlation is not significant in more than 95% of the basin. (b) The same as above but for winter (JFM) season. The highest correlation for each variable is highlighted in bold.

(a)


Annual means					5-year means
MOI_PC	MOI_AC	MOI_GI	MOI_FL	MOI_MJ	MOI_PC	MOI_AC	MOI_GI	MOI_FL	MOI_MJ

0.46 (59%)	0.45 (51%)	0.33 (6%)	0.41 (18%)	0.44 (40%)	0.62 (69%)	0.57(51%)	0.37 (8%)	0.40 (32%)	0.52 (79%)
0.45 (47%)	—	—	0.32 (10%)	—	0.58 (58%)	—	—	0.40 (37%)	0.43 (44%)
0.41 (42%) _d	0.26 (26%)	0.30 (9%)	0.38 (30%)_d	0.41 (27%)	0.52 (59%) _d	0.52 (46%)	0.33 (8%)	0.41 (29%)_d	0.45 (42%)_d
0.47 (71%)	0.39 (33%)	—	0.31 (8%)	0.34 (11%)	0.64 (79%)	0.37 (20%)	—	0.41 (46%)	0.48 (68%)

(b)


Winter means					5-year winter means
MOI_PC	MOI_AC	MOI_GI	MOI_FL	MOI_MJ	MOI_PC	MOI_AC	MOI_GI	MOI_FL	MOI_MJ

0.50 (71%)	0.55 (73%)	0.46 (49%)_d	0.46 (55%)_d	0.53 (59%)	0.66 (81%)	0.65 (81%)	0.57 (72%)	0.63 (67%)_d	0.65 (77%)
0.39 (38%)_d	0.50 (49%) _d	0.31 (10%)_d	0.42 (42%)_d	0.39 (44%)_d	0.50 (54%)	0.49 (49%)	0.40 (37%)_d	0.40 (37%)_d	0.43 (46%)
0.45 (59%)	0.42 (59%)	0.45 (33%)	0.43 (48%)	0.45 (54%)	0.60 (77%)	0.56 (78%)	0.55 (76%)	0.59 (69%)	0.59 (79%)
0.39 (42%)_d	0.51 (57%) _d	0.32 (16%)_d	0.43 (46%)_d	0.37 (51%)_d	0.55 (58%)	0.53 (57%)	0.42 (38%)	0.40 (39%)_d	0.47 (45%)