Investigation of Vegetation Dynamics of Mongolia Using Time Series of NDVI in Response to Temperature and Precipitation

Climate is one of the most important factors affecting the condition of vegetation. Plants are highly sensitive to climate change and display the most sensitive response to the effect of the climate change and environment, most particularly seen in the annual and seasonal alternat...

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Main Authors: Dugarsuren Narangarav, Chinsu Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National University of Mongolia 2011-12-01
Series:Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences
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Online Access:http://mjbs.num.edu.mn/uploads/files/MJBS%20Volume%209%20Number%201-2%20December%202011/pdf/mjbs009-01-02-02.pdf
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description Climate is one of the most important factors affecting the condition of vegetation. Plants are highly sensitive to climate change and display the most sensitive response to the effect of the climate change and environment, most particularly seen in the annual and seasonal alternations of vegetation productivity. Through the analysis of remotely sensed images, it is proved that vegetation indices can give signifi cant information regarding vegetation. The main purpose of this study was to estimate the infl uences of precipitation and temperature on spatio-temporal pattern of vegetation dynamics in Mongolia using MODIS sensor derived NDVI images over the course of 10 years. The correlation coeffi cient showed that mean growing season NDVI was correlated with both climatic factors, but more signifi cantly correlated with precipitation ( r 2 =0.92, p =0.000) than temperature ( r 2 =0.55, p =0.013). Growing season precipitation slightly decreased with an annual average decrement of 0.2 mm ( r 2 =0.06). Meanwhile, the growing season mean temperature slightly increased over 10 years, with an annual average increment of 0.01°C per year ( r 2 =0.003) from 2000 to 2009. However, the relationship between NDVI and climatic factors, and their change trends have been varied spatially and temporally.
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spelling doaj.art-c0dfb1a6600e4847a5828750f81c14f62022-12-22T00:25:05ZengNational University of MongoliaMongolian Journal of Biological Sciences1684-39082225-49942011-12-0191-291710.22353/mjbs.2011.09.02Investigation of Vegetation Dynamics of Mongolia Using Time Series of NDVI in Response to Temperature and PrecipitationDugarsuren Narangarav0Chinsu Lin1Department of Forestry, National Chiayi University, 300 University Rd., Chiayi, Chiayi 60004, TaiwanDepartment of Forestry, National Chiayi University, 300 University Rd., Chiayi, Chiayi 60004, TaiwanClimate is one of the most important factors affecting the condition of vegetation. Plants are highly sensitive to climate change and display the most sensitive response to the effect of the climate change and environment, most particularly seen in the annual and seasonal alternations of vegetation productivity. Through the analysis of remotely sensed images, it is proved that vegetation indices can give signifi cant information regarding vegetation. The main purpose of this study was to estimate the infl uences of precipitation and temperature on spatio-temporal pattern of vegetation dynamics in Mongolia using MODIS sensor derived NDVI images over the course of 10 years. The correlation coeffi cient showed that mean growing season NDVI was correlated with both climatic factors, but more signifi cantly correlated with precipitation ( r 2 =0.92, p =0.000) than temperature ( r 2 =0.55, p =0.013). Growing season precipitation slightly decreased with an annual average decrement of 0.2 mm ( r 2 =0.06). Meanwhile, the growing season mean temperature slightly increased over 10 years, with an annual average increment of 0.01°C per year ( r 2 =0.003) from 2000 to 2009. However, the relationship between NDVI and climatic factors, and their change trends have been varied spatially and temporally.http://mjbs.num.edu.mn/uploads/files/MJBS%20Volume%209%20Number%201-2%20December%202011/pdf/mjbs009-01-02-02.pdfNormalized Dif ference Vegetation Indexprecipitationtemperaturecorrelation analysis
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Chinsu Lin
Investigation of Vegetation Dynamics of Mongolia Using Time Series of NDVI in Response to Temperature and Precipitation
Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences
Normalized Dif ference Vegetation Index
precipitation
temperature
correlation analysis
title Investigation of Vegetation Dynamics of Mongolia Using Time Series of NDVI in Response to Temperature and Precipitation
title_full Investigation of Vegetation Dynamics of Mongolia Using Time Series of NDVI in Response to Temperature and Precipitation
title_fullStr Investigation of Vegetation Dynamics of Mongolia Using Time Series of NDVI in Response to Temperature and Precipitation
title_full_unstemmed Investigation of Vegetation Dynamics of Mongolia Using Time Series of NDVI in Response to Temperature and Precipitation
title_short Investigation of Vegetation Dynamics of Mongolia Using Time Series of NDVI in Response to Temperature and Precipitation
title_sort investigation of vegetation dynamics of mongolia using time series of ndvi in response to temperature and precipitation
topic Normalized Dif ference Vegetation Index
precipitation
temperature
correlation analysis
url http://mjbs.num.edu.mn/uploads/files/MJBS%20Volume%209%20Number%201-2%20December%202011/pdf/mjbs009-01-02-02.pdf
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