Table 1. Pearson correlation coefficients between the time series of SPEI-1 and moisture uptake and moisture supply over RR.
| SPEI-1 x | NAT | CAR |
| moisture uptake | -0.094 | -0.060 |
| moisture supply | 0.303 | 0.220 |
Table 2. Pearson correlation coefficients between the time series of moisture supply from RR to its remote terrestrial sink and PRE over sink .
| PRE sink | |
| Supply sink | 0.548 |
Values significant at 99% according to the Student’s t-test are in red.