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. 2015 Mar 12;5:9044. doi: 10.1038/srep09044

Table 2. Summary of environmental variables used in correlation tests. Abbrev.: lat: latitude; lon: longitude; Per: Perth; Alb: Albany, and Esp: Esperance. Sources: Met Office Hadley Centre51; BOM: Bureau of Meteorology, Australia52; JAMSTEC: Japanese Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology53; NOAA/PSD: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Physical Science Division: Earth System Research Laboratory54.

Environmental Variable Units Temporal resolution Grid Type Grid Cell Locations Source
Loc Lat Lon
Sea surface temperature (HadISST) °C seasonal means 1° Per −32.5 114.5 Met Office Hadley Centre
        Alb −35.5 118.5  
        Esp −34.5 121.5  
Fremantle sea level (linear detrended) m annual mean - - - - BOM
               
               
Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD)55 - annual mean - - - - JAMSTEC
               
               
Multivariate ENSO Index (MEI)56 - annual mean - - - - NOAA/PSD