Raised temperatures over the Kericho tea estates: revisiting the climate in the East African highlands malaria debate

Table 2 Temporal correlations between climate variables*

Variables	Correlation
Tropical SST, Tropical Land Temperature	0.88 * 0.77 * 0.66 ***
Tropical Land Temperature, Kericho Tmean	0.87 * 0.56 * 0.41 ***
Tropical SST, Kericho Tmean	0.82 * 0.50 * 0.35 ***
Tropical Land Temperature, Kericho Tn	0.78 * 0.44 * 0.33 ***
Tropical Land Temperature, Kericho Tx	0.67 * 0.32 * 0.22 ***
Tropical SST, Kericho Tn	0.77 * 0.46 * 0.36 ***
Tropical SST, Kericho Tx	0.62 * 0.24 * 0.14 *

*Confidence levels, based on a 2-tailed t-test, are shown by asterisks, where *** = 99%, ** = 95% and * = 90%. The three correlation values for each pair of climate variables are those computed for: (top) the 11-month moving average; (middle) monthly values; and (bottom) de-trended, monthly values.

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