Research Article

The Variability of Arctic Sea Ice Extent from Spring to Summer and Its Linkage to the Decline of SIE in September

Table 2

The list of correlation relations between SST indices and the JJ SIE or SIE in September for 1979–2012. Note: Index I is SST averaged in 30°–50°N, 160°E–160°W, Index II is SST averaged in 20°–30°N, 120°–150°W, and Index III is SST averaged in 25°–35°N, 20°–45°W. The 99% confidence level is 0.435.

SST index JJ SIESIE in Sept

Index I0.477−0.603
Index II−0.5610.527
Index III0.570−0.552