## 3 Results
### TMT Trend
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline
**Area Code** & **Area Name** & **Anom.** & **Anom. 6t** & **Trend** & **Trend SE** & **Trend** & **Trend SE** & **Change \({}^{\circ}\)K** & **Trend Is** \\  & **(avg.) in \({}^{\circ}\)K** & **dev) in \({}^{\circ}\)K** & **(\({}^{\circ}\)K/year)** & **(\({}^{\circ}\)K/year)** & **(\({}^{\circ}\)K/decade)** & **(\({}^{\circ}\)K/decade)** & **(\({}^{\circ}\)K/decade)** & **(\({}^{\circ}\)K/decade)** & **Significant** \\ \hline A & Tibet & 0.296 & 0.200 & 0.033 & 0.003 & 0.330 & 0.029 & 1.49 & Yes \\ B & Himalaya W. & 0.145 & 0.205 & 0.029 & 0.003 & 0.288 & 0.028 & 1.30 & Yes \\ C & Himalaya E. & 0.393 & 0.091 & 0.030 & 0.003 & 0.301 & 0.027 & 1.35 & Yes \\ D & IG West & 0.147 & 0.139 & 0.018 & 0.002 & 0.178 & 0.025 & 0.80 & Yes \\ E & IG East & 0.232 & 0.031 & 0.018 & 0.002 & 0.175 & 0.021 & 0.79 & Yes \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table} 
Table 3: For mid-tropospheric temperature (TMT), the overall average anomaly (\({}^{\circ}\)K), trend, standard error (SE, \({}^{\circ}\)K/year), and total change (\({}^{\circ}\)K) as computed from the Microwave Sounding Unit/Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU/AMSU) data (1978–2022). melting trends of glaciers and snow cover over the western Himalayas as compared to the Tibetan and eastern Himalayas. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c c c c c c c} \hline
**Area** & **Anom.** & **Jan** & **Feb** & **Mar** & **Apr** & **May** & **Jun** & **Jul** & **Aug** & **Sep** & **Oct** & **Nov** & **Dec** \\ \hline Tibet & avg. & 0.396 & 0.515 & 0.421 & 0.359 & 0.201 & 0.156 & 0.185 & 0.114 & 0.182 & 0.193 & 0.352 & 0.477 \\  & std. & 0.281 & 0.346 & 0.300 & 0.256 & 0.180 & 0.112 & 0.165 & 0.104 & 0.145 & 0.146 & 0.253 & 0.318 \\ \hline Himalaya W & avg. & 0.077 & 0.152 & 0.213 & 0.216 & 0.273 & 0.168 & 0.132 & 0.084 & 0.088 & 0.116 & 0.108 & 0.107 \\  & std. & 0.173 & 0.228 & 0.289 & 0.308 & 0.382 & 0.249 & 0.195 & 0.133 & 0.134 & 0.162 & 0.184 & 0.197 \\ \hline Himalaya E & avg. & 0.504 & 0.705 & 0.587 & 0.477 & 0.288 & 0.208 & 0.167 & 0.224 & 0.254 & 0.252 & 0.438 & 0.606 \\  & std. & 0.190 & 0.166 & 0.123 & 0.122 & 0.114 & 0.087 & 0.057 & 0.111 & 0.068 & 0.054 & 0.096 & 0.164 \\ \hline IG West & avg. & 0.095 & 0.159 & 0.256 & 0.242 & 0.235 & 0.063 & 0.095 & 0.091 & 0.110 & 0.140 & 0.089 & 0.188 \\  & std. & 0.090 & 0.150 & 0.230 & 0.243 & 0.243 & 0.094 & 0.106 & 0.090 & 0.125 & 0.125 & 0.122 & 0.174 \\ \hline IG East & avg. & 0.136 & 0.333 & 0.436 & 0.409 & 0.227 & 0.099 & 0.155 & 0.083 & 0.133 & 0.120 & 0.283 & 0.371 \\  & std. & 0.089 & 0.059 & 0.071 & 0.121 & 0.069 & 0.034 & 0.071 & 0.059 & 0.071 & 0.027 & 0.045 & 0.077 \\ \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table} 
Table 4: Mid-tropospheric temperature (TMT) trend using the Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) Microwave Sounding Unit/Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU/AMSU) (1978–2022, 45 years) data and its comparison with a previous report based on RSS MSU/AMSU (1979–2008, 30 years) data. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c} \hline
**Area Name** & **TMT Trend (\({}^{\circ}\)K/year)** & **TMT Trend (\({}^{\circ}\)K/year)** & **TMT Trend** \\  & **1979–2008 (30 years)** & **1978–2022 (45 years)** & **TMT Trend** \\ \cline{2-6}  & [13] & **Current Study** & **Change** & **Percent Change** \\ \hline Tibet & 0.008 & 0.033 & 3.125 & -310\% \\ Western Himalayas & 0.016 & 0.029 & 0.813 & -80\% \\ Eastern Himalayas & -0.011 & 0.030 & 1.727 & -170\% \\ IG West & 0.018 & 0.018 & 0 & No increase \\ IG East & 0.013 & 0.018 & 0.385 & -40\% \\ \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table} 
Table 5: Monthly breakup of mid-tropospheric temperature (TMT) trend and standard error (SE, \({}^{\circ}\)K/year), as derived from the Microwave Sounding Unit/Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU/AMSU) data over the last 45 years (1978–2022).