Table 2: Correlation of IRE and BI for each event from Table 1 and for a lag of BI with respect to IRE by 24-h increments out to 72-h. WA: Weak Atlantic, WP: Weak Pacific, SA: Strong Atlantic, SP: Strong Pacific, *best correlation, and +, ++, and +++ is correlation significant at least at the 90%, 95%, and 99% confidence level, respectively.
| Correlation Between IRE and the Lag of BI |
| Event |
No Lag |
24-h |
48-h |
72-h |
| WWA |
0.29 |
0.40*+ |
-0.15 |
0.20 |
| WWP |
0.15 |
-0.39 |
0.41* |
-0.26 |
| SCA |
0.49*+++ |
0.40++ |
0.07 |
-0.20 |
| SCP |
0.16 |
-0.31 |
-0.18 |
0.36*+ |