Table 1. Pearson correlations coefficients among atmospheric indices and air and sea surface temperatures (SST) and precipitation in Haida Gwaii.
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Correlation with Sandspit |
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| Index |
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SST |
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Source |
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May rainfall |
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Air temperature |
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| Southern Oscillation |
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-0.62† |
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-.15 |
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-0.55† |
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| Northern Oscillation |
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-0.50‡ |
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0.22 |
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-0.28 |
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| North Atlantic Oscillation |
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-0.09 |
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0.38 |
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-0.12 |
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| Pacific Decedal Oscillation |
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0.17 |
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0.20 |
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-0.06 |
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| Artic Oscillation |
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-0.23 |
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0.38 |
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0.10 |
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†P < 0.001
‡P < 0.05
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