Analysis on the Extreme Heat Wave over China around Yangtze River Region in the Summer of 2013 and Its Main Contributing Factors

Figure 11

The correlation coefficient distribution between the total HDs in region A in summer and SSTA in (a) spring and (c) summer during 1979–2013, and the distribution of SSTA (°C) in (b) spring and (d) summer in 2013. In (a and c), long-term trend is removed, and solid line denotes the correlation coefficient significant at the 0.05 level.

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