Table 2. Correlation coefficient matrix between the four STD (upper right corner) and RES (lower left corner) chronologies and the composite chronology during 1956–2011 and 1110–2011.
| R | H | MH | ML | L | All |
| H | 1 | 0.91/0.92 | 0.88/0.87 | 0.88/0.81 | 0.96/0.95 |
| MH | 0.95/0.94 | 1 | 0.94/0.92 | 0.89/0.88 | 0.97/0.98 |
| ML | 0.92/0.91 | 0.92/0.95 | 1 | 0.89/0.90 | 0.96/0.96 |
| L | 0.93/0.87 | 0.93/0.93 | 0.9/0.93 | 1 | 0.95/0.92 |
| All | 0.98/0.97 | 0.98/0.99 | 0.95/0.97 | 0.97/0.95 | 1 |
All the values are significant at the p = 0.01 level.