Table 1.

Spearman correlation coefficients for NDVI-precipitation correlation for different time lags (columns) and different land cover/elevation scenarios (rows)

	Concurrent months	One month	Two months	Three months
Control	0.55*	0.80*	0.65*	0.36*
Agriculture	0.52*	0.51*	0.79*	0.64*
Forest	0.17	0.43*	0.38*	0.24
Savannah	0.64*	0.83*	0.68*	0.39*
<1000 meters	0.65*	0.82*	0.62*	0.32*
>1000 meters	0.45*	0.76*	0.66*	0.37*

Note: The significance of these correlation coefficients have been tested under H₀ : R² = 0. The values that are significant at a 0.99 level, are marked with an asterisk. The values marked in bold are those of the scenarios that are selected for the reconstruction of precipitation patterns.