Table 6 Statistical characteristics of oxygen concentration on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

From: Surface oxygen concentration on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (2017–2022)

Season

Year

Number of samples

Average

Standard deviation

Difference from 20.946%

Significance

95% confidence interval

Summer

2017

65

20.72

0.26

0.001

20.65–20.78

2018

80

20.19

0.16

0.001

20.15–20.22

2019

113

20.37

0.16

0.001

20.34–20.40

2020

176

20.30

0.18

0.001

20.28–20.33

2021

95

20.20

0.10

0.001

20.18–20.22

2022

186

20.38

0.31

0.001

20.34–20.43

Winter

2019

53

20.16

0.11

0.001

20.13–20.19

2021

39

20.01

0.12

0.001

19.97–20.05