Global and Regional Snow Cover Decline: 2000–2022

• Published in: Climate
• Main Author: Stephen S. Young
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: snow cover extent; MODIS; Mann—Kendall test; univariate differencing; Greenland; Kendall; New Zealand; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/cli11080162

Snow cover affects the global surface energy balance and, with its high albedo, exerts a cooling effect on the Earth’s climate. Decreases in snow cover alter the flow of solar energy from being reflected away from Earth to being absorbed, increasing the Earth’s surface temperature. To gain a global...