Research Article

Low-Frequency Variability of the Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass Identified from the China Coastal Waters and Adjacent Seas Reanalysis

Table 4

Correlation coefficients between EOF1, EOF2, and EOF3 of winter heat flux, wind stress, and winter AO, ENSO, and PDO, including the interannual and decadal components. Bold texts indicate that the correlations are statistically significant at the 95% confidence level.

Winter AO Winter MEI Winter PDO

Interannual variability EOF1 of winter heat flux0.260.02−0.11
EOF2 of winter heat flux−0.080.10−0.11
EOF3 of winter heat flux0.470−0.03
EOF1 of winter wind stress0.090.09−0.01
EOF2 of winter wind stress0.10−0.05−0.04
EOF3 of winter wind stress0.040.17−0.11

Decadal variability EOF1 of winter heat flux−0.59−0.12−0.47
EOF2 of winter heat flux−0.09−0.060.13
EOF3 of winter heat flux0.570.08−0.31
EOF1 of winter wind stress0.17−0.04−0.10
EOF2 of winter wind stress−0.210.250.33
EOF3 of winter wind stress−0.14−0.12−0.77