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Table 2. Correlation coefficients between rainfall SAIs and the SLP observations used to construct
the NAO and the MPI. Bold denotes significance at the 99% level
Season
Winter
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Western Mediterranean
Ponta Delgada
-0.71
-0.07
-0.35
-0.20
Stykkisholmur
0.52
0.32
0.23
-0.10
NAO
-0.64
-0.26
-0.32
0.02
Gibraltar
-0.75
0.14
-0.04
-0.66
Lod Airport
-0.36
0.20
0.15
-0.21
MPI
-0.74
-0.00
-0.17
-0.62
Central Mediterranean
Ponta Delgada
-0.16
0.13
-0.28
0.12
Stykkisholmur
0.43
0.43
-0.18
-0.02
NAO
-0.35
0.02
0.05
0.02
Gibraltar
-0.53
-0.53
-0.29
-0.37
Lod Airport
-0.30
-0.30
0.20
-0.18
MPI
-0.50
-0.17
-0.41
-0.30
Eastern Mediterranean
Ponta Delgada
-0.21
-0.02
-0.03
-0.14
Stykkisholmur
0.38
-0.02
-0.02
-0.14
NAO
-0.45
0.10
0.05
-0.13
Gibraltar
-0.28
-0.20
-0.15
-0.04
Lod Airport
-0.59
-0.37
0.33
-0.16
MPI
-0.22
0.18
-0.37
-0.13
Northern Mediterranean
Ponta Delgada
-0.47
-0.11
-0.18
-0.37
Stykkisholmur
0.70
0.25
-0.11
0.22
NAO
-0.66
-0.22
0.03
-0.29
Gibraltar
-0.74
-0.58
-0.37
-0.63
Lod Airport
-0.58
-0.50
0.30
-0.17
MPI
-0.62
-0.24
-0.56
-0.61