Table 1 Trends over the period 2001–2022 in the snow cover extent.

From: Rapid decline in extratropical Andean snow cover driven by the poleward migration of the Southern Hemisphere westerlies

 

Basin ↓

Annual

AMJ

MJJ

JJA

JAS

ASO

SON

OND

Trend (%/dec)

p-value

Trend (%/dec)

p-value

Trend (%/dec)

p-value

Trend (%/dec)

p-value

Trend (%/dec)

p-value

Trend (%/dec)

p-value

Trend (%/dec)

p-value

Trend (%/dec)

p-value

27-31°S

Copiapo

-9

0.654

-16

0.461

-11

0.589

3

0.879

-4

0.868

-6

0.800

-28

0.356

-28

0.370

Elqui

-28

0.046

-28

0.103

-18

0.190

-16

0.218

-26

0.097

-37

0.031

-45

0.031

-45

0.093

Grande

-26

0.008

-30

0.131

-15

0.198

-10

0.267

-18

0.031

-31

0.008

-42

0.010

-57

0.027

Huasco

-15

0.366

-18

0.284

-10

0.496

-3

0.831

-13

0.489

-19

0.356

-27

0.285

-26

0.429

Hurtado

-30

0.026

-42

0.031

-22

0.163

-18

0.158

-22

0.089

-35

0.019

-41

0.027

-47

0.070

31-34°S

Aconcagua

-23

0.000

-38

0.016

-20

0.028

-11

0.035

-7

0.013

-11

0.005

-21

0.000

-37

0.000

Choapa

-26

0.000

-39

0.021

-21

0.028

-12

0.049

-10

0.014

-16

0.010

-31

0.001

-53

0.001

Colorado

-19

0.000

-33

0.015

-18

0.030

-10

0.043

-6

0.006

-8

0.003

-16

0.000

-27

0.000

Juncal

-21

0.000

-35

0.023

-16

0.076

-7

0.207

-3

0.102

-5

0.024

-16

0.000

-31

0.000

Maipo

-20

0.000

-32

0.017

-16

0.058

-8

0.109

-6

0.005

-8

0.001

-17

0.000

-30

0.000

Mapocho

-25

0.000

-38

0.049

-20

0.054

-13

0.068

-12

0.019

-18

0.002

-31

0.000

-48

0.000

Putaendo

-28

0.000

-39

0.026

-24

0.013

-16

0.020

-15

0.010

-21

0.006

-35

0.001

-55

0.001

34-36°S

Cachapoal

-20

0.000

-33

0.014

-16

0.051

-8

0.155

-6

0.009

-7

0.003

-13

0.000

-23

0.000

Claro (Hacienda)

-24

0.000

-37

0.054

-19

0.094

-13

0.109

-10

0.034

-10

0.019

-14

0.003

-24

0.001

Claro (Los Quenes)

-22

0.000

-37

0.019

-26

0.017

-19

0.031

-12

0.051

-8

0.111

-13

0.017

-21

0.011

Maule

-12

0.001

-14

0.189

-7

0.309

-6

0.247

-4

0.260

-4

0.158

-11

0.033

-24

0.010

Teno

-19

0.000

-27

0.048

-15

0.059

-10

0.088

-8

0.035

-8

0.026

-14

0.004

-25

0.004

Tinguiririca

-19

0.000

-30

0.013

-16

0.030

-9

0.099

-6

0.023

-6

0.014

-11

0.003

-20

0.002

  1. Trends considered significant (p-value < 0.05) are highlighted in bold. Trends are based on satellite-derived estimates from MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Daily L3 global 500 m SIN Grid, version 6.1. For more information see figs. S2-S3.