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. 2016 Mar 4;6:22532. doi: 10.1038/srep22532

Figure 3. Teleconnection between the northern North Atlantic and fire weather in Scandinavia.

Figure 3

(A) Correlation between annually burned area in northern Sweden and sea ice concentration (NSIDC dataset) around Newfoundland for February through April for the period 1996–2014. (B) Correlation between average April-May SST of the northern North Atlantic for the period 1870–2010 and self-calibrated PDSI for the area of northern Sweden (a region limited by 60–64 °N and 4–14 °E) for July,August. The area limited by 40–50°N and 50–40°W is indicated by a square. Note that lower PDSI values mean increased drought conditions. (C) Correlation between self-calibrated average July,August PDSI for the area of northern Fennoscandia and average April,May SST for area limited by 40 to 50°N and 50 to 40°W. In all graphs coefficients significant at p < 0.1 are marked by colour. Colour scale refers to the values of the correlation coefficients. The field significance and the fraction of the map with significant correlations (p < 0.05), are shown for each map. See Fig. SI 1D for the maps of significance levels.