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

Table 4

Correlation (95% significance level) among all the selected MO indices (annual 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	0.41
MOGI	n.s	0.36
MOFL	0.50	0.42	0.40
MOMJ	0.62	0.66	0.59	0.76