Causes of spring vegetation growth trends in the northern mid–high latitudes from 1982 to 2004
Abstract
The Community Land Model version 4 (CLM4) is applied to explore the spatial–temporal patterns of spring (April–May) vegetation growth trends over the northern mid–high latitudes (NMH) (>25°N) between 1982 and 2004. During the spring season through the 23 yr period, both the satellite-derived and simulated normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) anomalies show a statistically significant correlation and an overall greening trend within the study area. Consistently with the observed NDVI–temperature relation, the CLM4 NDVI shows a significant positive association with the spring temperature anomaly for the NMH, North America and Eurasia. Large study areas experience temperature discontinuity associated with contrasting NDVI trends. Before and after the turning point (TP) of the temperature trends, climatic variability plays a dominant role, while the other environmental factors exert minor effects on the NDVI tendencies. Simulated vegetation growth is broadly stimulated by the increasing atmospheric CO2. Trends show that nitrogen deposition increases NDVI mostly in southeastern China, and decreases NDVI mainly in western Russia after the temperature TP. Furthermore, land use-induced NDVI trends vary roughly with the respective changes in land management practices (crop areas and forest coverage). Furthermore, our results highlight how non-climatic factors mitigate or exacerbate the impact of temperature on springmore »
- Authors:
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Peking Univ., Beijing (China)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF); UT-Battelle LLC/ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1564880
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Environmental Research Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 7; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1748-9326
- Publisher:
- IOP Publishing
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Citation Formats
Mao, Jiafu, Shi, Xiaoying, Thornton, Peter E., Piao, Shilong, and Wang, Xuhui. Causes of spring vegetation growth trends in the northern mid–high latitudes from 1982 to 2004. United States: N. p., 2012.
Web. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/7/1/014010.
Mao, Jiafu, Shi, Xiaoying, Thornton, Peter E., Piao, Shilong, & Wang, Xuhui. Causes of spring vegetation growth trends in the northern mid–high latitudes from 1982 to 2004. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/7/1/014010
Mao, Jiafu, Shi, Xiaoying, Thornton, Peter E., Piao, Shilong, and Wang, Xuhui. Tue .
"Causes of spring vegetation growth trends in the northern mid–high latitudes from 1982 to 2004". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/7/1/014010. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1564880.
@article{osti_1564880,
title = {Causes of spring vegetation growth trends in the northern mid–high latitudes from 1982 to 2004},
author = {Mao, Jiafu and Shi, Xiaoying and Thornton, Peter E. and Piao, Shilong and Wang, Xuhui},
abstractNote = {The Community Land Model version 4 (CLM4) is applied to explore the spatial–temporal patterns of spring (April–May) vegetation growth trends over the northern mid–high latitudes (NMH) (>25°N) between 1982 and 2004. During the spring season through the 23 yr period, both the satellite-derived and simulated normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) anomalies show a statistically significant correlation and an overall greening trend within the study area. Consistently with the observed NDVI–temperature relation, the CLM4 NDVI shows a significant positive association with the spring temperature anomaly for the NMH, North America and Eurasia. Large study areas experience temperature discontinuity associated with contrasting NDVI trends. Before and after the turning point (TP) of the temperature trends, climatic variability plays a dominant role, while the other environmental factors exert minor effects on the NDVI tendencies. Simulated vegetation growth is broadly stimulated by the increasing atmospheric CO2. Trends show that nitrogen deposition increases NDVI mostly in southeastern China, and decreases NDVI mainly in western Russia after the temperature TP. Furthermore, land use-induced NDVI trends vary roughly with the respective changes in land management practices (crop areas and forest coverage). Furthermore, our results highlight how non-climatic factors mitigate or exacerbate the impact of temperature on spring vegetation growth, particularly across regions with intensive human activity.},
doi = {10.1088/1748-9326/7/1/014010},
journal = {Environmental Research Letters},
number = 1,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 24 00:00:00 EST 2012},
month = {Tue Jan 24 00:00:00 EST 2012}
}
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