FIGURE T9. Time-longitude section of monthly mean (top) and anomalous (bottom) sea surface temperature for 5°N–5°S. Contour interval is 1°C (top) and 0.5°C (bottom). Dashed contours in bottom panel indicate negative anomalies. Anomalies are departures from the 1971–2000 base period means (Smith and Reynolds 1998, J. Climate, 11, 3320-3323).