Table 5 The correlation coefficient of the annual mean temperature in the NH with the cold extent.

From: Characteristics of the Northern Hemisphere cold regions changes from 1901 to 2019

 

CRU

GISTEMP

C-LSAT

Cold regions in the NH

− 0.913**

− 0.891**

− 0.923**

Mid-to-High latitude cold regions

− 0.903**

− 0.881**

− 0.919**

Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau cold regions

− 0.731**

− 0.720**

− 0.705**

  1. “*” and “**”: P < 0.01 and 0.001, respectively.