Table 1 Dry-season snow cover trend (and the corresponding M-K test significance) computed from Landsat scenes acquired under cloudless conditions over the period 1986–2017 from latitude 18°S to latitude 33°S, and over the period 1986–2018 from latitude 33°S to latitude 40°S.

From: Dry-Season Snow Cover Losses in the Andes (18°–40°S) driven by Changes in Large-Scale Climate Modes

 

Trend (%/decade) over the period 1986–2017/8

Significance of the trend (according to the M-K Test

Tropical Latitudes

(18°–23°S)

−16

at 0.1 level

Extra-Tropical Latitudes

(23°–34°S)

−10

at 0.4 level

Mid-Latitudes

(34°–40°S)

−15

at 0.1 level