Table 2 The success and failure years predicted using OMT PD and SST PD for 9 (16) above (below) average rainfall years.

From: Statistical Evidence for the Role of Southwestern Indian Ocean Heat Content in the Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall

Parameter

Above average rainfall years (9)

Below average rainfall years (16)

Success

Failure

Rate of success

Success

Failure

Rate of success

OMT PD

1994,1996,1998,2003,2007,2010, 2013

1997, 2011

78%

1993,1999,2000,2001, 2004,2005,2006,2008, 2009, 2012,2014, 2015, 2017

1995,2002, 2016

81%

SST PD

1998,2003,2007,2010, 2013

1994,1996,1997, 2011

55%

1993,1995,1999,2000, 2001,2006,2008, 2012,2014, 2017

2002,2004,2005,2009,2015, 2016

63%