The Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Remotely-sensed Vegetation Phenology in Central Asia in the 1982-2011 Period
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| Year of publication | 2016 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | European Journal of Remote Sensing |
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| Web | http://www.aitjournal.com/articleView.aspx?ID=989 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.5721/EuJRS20164916 |
| Field | Atmosphere sciences, meteorology |
| Keywords | Phenology; vegetation dynamics; NDVI; GIMMS; Central Asia; SOS |
| Description | An understanding of present and past vegetation dynamics is essential to future reaction strategies to climate change, especially in developing regions. This study seeks to widen such knowledge by utilizing remotely-sensed normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) data to compute phenology metrics for Central Asia in the 1982-2011 period. Spatial and temporal analysis was performed for nine phenological metrics and for subregions with consistent vegetation dynamics. A general increase of biomass was disclosed, except in bare deserts, and the growing season appears to be starting earlier. Despite of the dominant greening trend, deserts show inverse dynamics, possibly a sign of rising aridity. |
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