CLIMATE INDICES PLOTTING PAGE
Selected Longer (18xx) timeseries

Directions and comments

Teleconnections:
PNA | WP | NAO | EPO | NAO (Jones) | NP | NOI | PDO
Atmosphere:
QBO | Global Angular Momentum | SOI | AAO | AO | MJO
Precipitation:
Indian Monsoon | Sahel | SW Monsoon | ESPI | Brazil
ENSO:
MEI | Nino 1+2 | Nino 3 | Nino 3.4 | Nino 4 | BEST | Tropical Pacific EOF
SST:Pacific
ONI | Nino 1+2 | Nino 3 | Nino 3.4 | Nino 4 | TNI | WHWP | Pacific Warm Pool | Tropical Pacific EOF
SST:Atlantic
TNA | TSA | Atlantic Tripole | WHWP | Atlantic Multi-decadal Oscillation | Atlantic Meridional Mode | North Tropical Atlantic Index (NTA) | Caribbean Index (CAR)
Other:
Global Mean Lan/Ocean Temperature | Solar Flux | Trend | Hurricane Activity
CAVEATS!
Ignore at your peril.
Create Time Series
create monthly mean time series from various datasets to use as custom.
Correlation
Correlate these time series with gridded variables.
Composites
Composite using these time series with gridded variables.
Latest update
List last month available (non-missing) for all index time series.
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Climate Indices: Monthly Atmospheric and Ocean Time Series

Purpose: Plot, analyze and compare different monthly mean climate time series.

I've made the beta version the main version. Let me know if there are problems.

Time Series 1? If custom what is filename?
If custom what is time series title?

Time Series 2? If custom what is filename?
If custom, what is time series title

Year range? (1948 to present): to
Action?

Plot time series
Optional Set y range: to | Type of Plot: Line   Boxes
Optional Apply Running Mean to monthly values:: months (use odd number)
Correlate two time series
Lag of 1st time series? Positive lag values indicate 1st time series leads 2nd; negative lag values means 1st lags second.

Correlate using?All months or seasons in time-series (1 value) Each months or season calculated separately
Plot autocorrelation function
Plot Cross correlation function
For all actions:
Time Averaging?Monthly   Seasonal Average First Month of season: Second:

Please reference time series use in publications! Time series that are regularily updated have a * after their name.

Time Series Format
The format for all time series is:
 year1 yearN
year1 janval febval marval aprval mayval junval julval augval sepval octval decval
year2 janval febval marval aprval mayval junval julval augval sepval octval decval
...
yearN janval febval marval aprval mayval junval julval augval sepval octval decval
  missing value
Feedback
Please let me know if you have other index time series for possible inclusion. I update the values when I can; sometimes they may be out-of-date. Sometimes old values change when new data is received, the index definition changes or mistakes are found. I don't make any guarantees though I will fix any errors I find out about. Use at your own risk. You can email me at cathy.smith@noaa.gov for new time series, comments, etc.