Month-to-Month Variability of Autumn Sea Ice in the Barents and Kara Seas and Its Relationship to Winter Air Temperature in China

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Circulation indices</td><td class="align_center">Correlation coefficient</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Westerly index</td><td class="align_center"><b>0.42</b></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Eurasian blocking high frequency</td><td class="align_center">−<b>0.65</b></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Eurasian anticyclone intensity</td><td class="align_center">−<b>0.55</b></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Siberian High intensity</td><td class="align_center">−<b>0.45</b></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">East Asian winter monsoon index</td><td class="align_center">−<b>0.44</b></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">AO index</td><td class="align_center">0.21</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>The bold font indicates significance exceeding 0.01.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Correlation coefficients between the DBKI in September and the circulation indices in the winter.</div>

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Table 2: Month-to-Month Variability of Autumn Sea Ice in the Barents and Kara Seas and Its Relationship to Winter Air Temperature in China 