Fig 1: Correlation coefficients between the observed SSTA versus persistence (open symbols) and the observed SSTA versus the SSTA forecasted by SIMOC (full symbols). over the Northern sector of the Atlantic Dipole (as defined in the text). Source: (Repelli and Nobre,1998)

a) b) c)

d) e) f)

Fig 2: Correlation cofficients between the SSTA observed versus the SSTA forecasted by SIMOC for the average period of March-April-May, with the initial conditions of a) September; b) October; c) November; d) December; e) January and f) February. Regions with correlation coefficients higher than 0.6 are shaded. Source: (Repelli and Nobre,1998)