Temporal variations in phenological events of forests, grasslands and desert steppe ecosystems in Mongolia: a remote sensing approach
<p>The occurrences of phenological events are important variables in the evaluation of the influence of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems. Changes in climate can cause significant changes in the timing and duration of phenological events. Information related to large-scale phenology is...
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| author | Narangarav Dugarsuren Chinsu Lin |
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| description | <p>The occurrences of phenological events are important variables in the evaluation of the influence of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems. Changes in climate can cause significant changes in the timing and duration of phenological events. Information related to large-scale phenology is therefore useful for exploring the seasonal and inter-annual variability in vegetation-climate interactions. This study aimed to obtain the timing and temporal pattern of the onset of green-up and dormancy (OG and OD) and length of growing season (LGS) using the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and enhanced vegetation index (EVI) for Forest, Grassland, and Desert steppe in Mongolia over the 10-year period from 2000 to 2009. Results demonstrated that phenological events can be differentiated by multi-temporal NDVI and EVI data and that the timing ascribed to OG and OD is slightly different between the two indices. In general, NDVI and EVI agreed that the OG of forest varied from late May to middle July. The OG of grassland and desert steppe suggested by NDVI were from late May to middle July and from middle May to middle July respectively, however EVI suggested an earlier timing of OG. NDVI and EVI also showed similar variation for the timing of OD from early September to early October. The derived LGS showed the least variation for forest, highest variation for desert steppe, and only moderate variation for grassland. Grassland and desert steppe experienced high positive and negative variations in the OG and LGS during the years from 2000 to 2009. These regions might be vulnerable to global change and are likely to be strongly affected by meteorological changes.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f193ea604fad425d8a92838f3c50f2e12022-12-22T03:00:29Zeng‘Marin Drăcea’ National Research-Development Institute in ForestryAnnals of Forest Research1844-81352065-24452016-12-0159217519010.15287/afr.2016.400262Temporal variations in phenological events of forests, grasslands and desert steppe ecosystems in Mongolia: a remote sensing approachNarangarav Dugarsuren0Chinsu Lin1National Chiayi UniversityNational Chiayi University<p>The occurrences of phenological events are important variables in the evaluation of the influence of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems. Changes in climate can cause significant changes in the timing and duration of phenological events. Information related to large-scale phenology is therefore useful for exploring the seasonal and inter-annual variability in vegetation-climate interactions. This study aimed to obtain the timing and temporal pattern of the onset of green-up and dormancy (OG and OD) and length of growing season (LGS) using the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and enhanced vegetation index (EVI) for Forest, Grassland, and Desert steppe in Mongolia over the 10-year period from 2000 to 2009. Results demonstrated that phenological events can be differentiated by multi-temporal NDVI and EVI data and that the timing ascribed to OG and OD is slightly different between the two indices. In general, NDVI and EVI agreed that the OG of forest varied from late May to middle July. The OG of grassland and desert steppe suggested by NDVI were from late May to middle July and from middle May to middle July respectively, however EVI suggested an earlier timing of OG. NDVI and EVI also showed similar variation for the timing of OD from early September to early October. The derived LGS showed the least variation for forest, highest variation for desert steppe, and only moderate variation for grassland. Grassland and desert steppe experienced high positive and negative variations in the OG and LGS during the years from 2000 to 2009. These regions might be vulnerable to global change and are likely to be strongly affected by meteorological changes.</p>https://www.afrjournal.org/index.php/afr/article/view/400phenological events, onset of green-up, onset of dormancy, length of growing season, peak time of vegetation maturity, vegetation indices |
| spellingShingle | Narangarav Dugarsuren Chinsu Lin Temporal variations in phenological events of forests, grasslands and desert steppe ecosystems in Mongolia: a remote sensing approach Annals of Forest Research phenological events, onset of green-up, onset of dormancy, length of growing season, peak time of vegetation maturity, vegetation indices |
| title | Temporal variations in phenological events of forests, grasslands and desert steppe ecosystems in Mongolia: a remote sensing approach |
| title_full | Temporal variations in phenological events of forests, grasslands and desert steppe ecosystems in Mongolia: a remote sensing approach |
| title_fullStr | Temporal variations in phenological events of forests, grasslands and desert steppe ecosystems in Mongolia: a remote sensing approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Temporal variations in phenological events of forests, grasslands and desert steppe ecosystems in Mongolia: a remote sensing approach |
| title_short | Temporal variations in phenological events of forests, grasslands and desert steppe ecosystems in Mongolia: a remote sensing approach |
| title_sort | temporal variations in phenological events of forests grasslands and desert steppe ecosystems in mongolia a remote sensing approach |
| topic | phenological events, onset of green-up, onset of dormancy, length of growing season, peak time of vegetation maturity, vegetation indices |
| url | https://www.afrjournal.org/index.php/afr/article/view/400 |
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