Multi-Climate Factors and the Preceding Growth Stage of Vegetation Co-Regulated the Variation of the End of Growing Season in Northeast Inner Mongolia, China
The end of growing season (EOS) is an effective indicator of annual vegetation growth. Previous studies have revealed the dynamics of the EOS with climate change, while the influence of vegetation growth in preceding stage and peak of growing season (POS) on the EOS has not been thoroughly documente...
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| author | Wendu Rina Gang Bao Siqin Tong Yuhai Bao Yin Shan Xiaojun Huang Hong Ying Lingtong Du |
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| description | The end of growing season (EOS) is an effective indicator of annual vegetation growth. Previous studies have revealed the dynamics of the EOS with climate change, while the influence of vegetation growth in preceding stage and peak of growing season (POS) on the EOS has not been thoroughly documented. In this study, we used four smoothing methods to obtain EOS dates from the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) in northeast Inner Mongolia (NIM) between 2001–2017, assessed the differences in the spatiotemporal variations of the EOS obtained by the four smoothing methods, and then investigated the impacts of climate factors, summer/ autumn vegetation growth and POS on the EOS. The results showed that the EOS dates obtained with different smoothing methods were broadly consistent in terms of their spatial patterns and temporal trends. In terms of climate factors, the EOS was driven mainly by preseason precipitation for the majority of vegetation types and advanced with increasing precipitation. For the steppe, both minimum temperature (T<sub>min</sub>) and relative humidity (RHU) played the most important roles in regulating the variation of EOS which was delayed with an increase in T<sub>min</sub> and reduction in RHU. Furthermore, our study found an earlier POS and vigorous vegetation growth in summer would jointly advance the steppe EOS, but these relationships were the opposite of each other in meadow and forest regions. Interestingly, the EOS of NIM was more related with vegetation growth in the most recent period before the EOS. This study highlights the importance of ecological processes in the preceding growth stage for understanding the dynamics of EOS. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-868a2578bc4f48eea5109f1314de10862022-12-22T04:27:01ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362020-01-01822152522153810.1109/ACCESS.2020.30437889290068Multi-Climate Factors and the Preceding Growth Stage of Vegetation Co-Regulated the Variation of the End of Growing Season in Northeast Inner Mongolia, ChinaWendu Rina0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2236-9012Gang Bao1Siqin Tong2Yuhai Bao3Yin Shan4Xiaojun Huang5Hong Ying6Lingtong Du7https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3791-9769College of Geographical Science, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot, ChinaCollege of Geographical Science, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot, ChinaCollege of Geographical Science, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot, ChinaCollege of Geographical Science, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot, ChinaCollege of Geographical Science, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot, ChinaCollege of Geographical Science, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot, ChinaKey Laboratory of Geographical Processes and Ecological Security in Changbai Mountains, Ministry of Education, School of Geographical Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, ChinaBreeding Base for State Key Laboratory of Land Degradation and Ecological Restoration in Northwest China, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, ChinaThe end of growing season (EOS) is an effective indicator of annual vegetation growth. Previous studies have revealed the dynamics of the EOS with climate change, while the influence of vegetation growth in preceding stage and peak of growing season (POS) on the EOS has not been thoroughly documented. In this study, we used four smoothing methods to obtain EOS dates from the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) in northeast Inner Mongolia (NIM) between 2001–2017, assessed the differences in the spatiotemporal variations of the EOS obtained by the four smoothing methods, and then investigated the impacts of climate factors, summer/ autumn vegetation growth and POS on the EOS. The results showed that the EOS dates obtained with different smoothing methods were broadly consistent in terms of their spatial patterns and temporal trends. In terms of climate factors, the EOS was driven mainly by preseason precipitation for the majority of vegetation types and advanced with increasing precipitation. For the steppe, both minimum temperature (T<sub>min</sub>) and relative humidity (RHU) played the most important roles in regulating the variation of EOS which was delayed with an increase in T<sub>min</sub> and reduction in RHU. Furthermore, our study found an earlier POS and vigorous vegetation growth in summer would jointly advance the steppe EOS, but these relationships were the opposite of each other in meadow and forest regions. Interestingly, the EOS of NIM was more related with vegetation growth in the most recent period before the EOS. This study highlights the importance of ecological processes in the preceding growth stage for understanding the dynamics of EOS.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9290068/End of growing seasonnortheast Inner Mongoliaclimate changepeak of growing seasonpreceding growth stage of vegetation |
| spellingShingle | Wendu Rina Gang Bao Siqin Tong Yuhai Bao Yin Shan Xiaojun Huang Hong Ying Lingtong Du Multi-Climate Factors and the Preceding Growth Stage of Vegetation Co-Regulated the Variation of the End of Growing Season in Northeast Inner Mongolia, China IEEE Access End of growing season northeast Inner Mongolia climate change peak of growing season preceding growth stage of vegetation |
| title | Multi-Climate Factors and the Preceding Growth Stage of Vegetation Co-Regulated the Variation of the End of Growing Season in Northeast Inner Mongolia, China |
| title_full | Multi-Climate Factors and the Preceding Growth Stage of Vegetation Co-Regulated the Variation of the End of Growing Season in Northeast Inner Mongolia, China |
| title_fullStr | Multi-Climate Factors and the Preceding Growth Stage of Vegetation Co-Regulated the Variation of the End of Growing Season in Northeast Inner Mongolia, China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multi-Climate Factors and the Preceding Growth Stage of Vegetation Co-Regulated the Variation of the End of Growing Season in Northeast Inner Mongolia, China |
| title_short | Multi-Climate Factors and the Preceding Growth Stage of Vegetation Co-Regulated the Variation of the End of Growing Season in Northeast Inner Mongolia, China |
| title_sort | multi climate factors and the preceding growth stage of vegetation co regulated the variation of the end of growing season in northeast inner mongolia china |
| topic | End of growing season northeast Inner Mongolia climate change peak of growing season preceding growth stage of vegetation |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9290068/ |
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