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Plotting & Analysis
Monthly/Seasonal Correlations
Linear Correlations in Atmospheric Seasonal/Monthly Averages
Plot
correlations of seasonally averaged variables from the NCEP reanalysis with specified teleconnection and ocean index time-series. Correlations are generally available from
Jan 1948 to Aug 2023
.
Directions
for custom time series.
Variable and Date Options:
Correlation
Regression
Which variable?
Geopotential Height
Zonal Wind
Meridional Wind
Air Temperature
Potential Temperature
SST
Relative Humidity (to 300mb only)
Specific Humidity (to 300mb only)
Pressure
Omega (to 100mb)
Sea Level Pressure
Precipitation Rate
Precipitable Water
OLR
Streamfunction
Velocity Potential
Divergence
Vorticity
CMAP Precipitation (Standard)
CMAP Precipitation (Enhanced)
GPCP Precipitation
NOAA Interpolated OLR
U Del Precipitation
U Del Air Temperature
Analysis level?
1000mb
925mb
850mb
700mb
600mb
500mb
400mb
300mb
250mb
200mb
150mb
100mb
70mb
50mb
30mb
20mb
10mb
Surface
Tropopause
.995 sigma
.8458 sigma
.2582 sigma
.1682 sigma
.2101 sigma
Beginning month of season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Ending month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Enter year range for correlations
(Optional)
leads
or
lags
correlating variable.
For seasons that span a year (e.g. DJF), please enter year of the
LAST
month of season. Default is
1948(9)-2015
.
Time Series?
SOI (Southern Oscillation Index)
NOI (Northern Oscillation Index)
PNA (Pacific North American Index)
NAO (North Atlantic Oscillation)
Jones NAO
EP/NH
EA/WR
TNH
MEI
Nino 3
Nino 1+2
Nino 3.4
Nino 4
TNA
TSA
WHWP
Global Mean Temperature (from NASA)
WP (West Pacific Index)
QBO (Quasi-Biennial Oscillation)
PDO (Pacific Decadal Oscillation)
NP (North Pacific Index)
AO (Arctic Oscillation)
AO (Arctic Oscillation from 20CR)
AAO (Antarctic Oscillation)
AAO (Antarctic Oscillation from 20CR)
Trend
TNI
Pacific Warm Pool
Tropical Pacific SST EOF
Atlantic Tripole SST EOF
AMO
AMM
PMM
Solar Cycle (Flux)
Monthly Hurricane Total
Central India Monsoon Precip
Sahel Rainfall
Brazil Rainfall
SW USA Monsoon
BEST
Globally integrated angular momemtum
ESPI
AAO
NH Snowcover Area
NTA (North Tropical Atlantic SST Index)
CAR (Caribbean SST Index)
Random
Custom
If custom
:
(optional) custom title:
Plot Options
Color?
Color
Black and White
Shading Type
Shaded
Shaded w/overlying Contours
Contours (Black and White Only)
Override default contour interval?
Interval:
Range: low
high
Scale Plot Size(%)
Reverse color table?
No
Yes
Plot Region/Type
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
USA
ALL
Africa
Asia
Antarctica
Europe
Afghanistan
Tropics
Indian Pacific
Tropical Pacific
Atlantic Centric
PNA Region
South America
4-Corner Region Western US
Australia
Custom
Crossection(latitude by height)
Crossection(longitude by height)
(For your own lat/lon region, you must choose
Custom or Crossection
)
If CUSTOM or CROSSECTION
:
Enter lowest lat (-90 to 90)
Highest lat
Enter western most longitude (0 to 360)
Eastern most longitude
Select projection for CUSTOM:
Cylindrical Equidistant
Northern Hemisphere Polar Stereographic
Southern Hemisphere Polar Stereographic
Choose height range for CROSSECTION:
1000mb
925mb
850mb
700mb
600mb
500mb
400mb
300mb
250mb
200mb
150mb
100mb
70mb
50mb
30mb
20mb
10mb
to
10mb
20mb
30mb
50mb
70mb
100mb
150mb
200mb
250mb
300mb
400mb
500mb
600mb
700mb
850mb
925mb
1000mb
This is a Research and Development Application
Help
Instructions
Datasets and variables
Index time-series Info
Use your own time-series
Use random time series
Background Information
Referencing Plots
Significance of Correlations
Cross-Correlation Table
Related Plot/Analysis
Create Monthly Time-Series
Plot monthly composites
Correlations w/US Climate Division Data
Plot and Analyze Monthly Time-Series
Plot daily composites
PSL's Complete NCEP Reanalysis Page
Contact
If you need assistance, or would like to provide feedback, please email:
psl.data@noaa.gov
.