Both the annual area-averaged precipitations have good correlations with global mean sea surface temperature.

这两个地区的平均降水量都与全球海表温度距平有很好的相关性。

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But by the Berkeley team's analysis, the global temperature correlates more closely with the state of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) index - a measure of sea surface temperature in the north Atlantic.

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