Altitude and temperature dependence of change in the spring vegetation green-up date from 1982 to 2006 in the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
10249622	Agricultural and Forest Meteorology	2011	10 Pages	PDF

Abstract

âº Trend in vegetation green up date shows discontinuity in Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. âº Trend towards earlier vegetation green-up till 1990s was stalled in the recent decade. âº Shift in green-up temporal evolution seems related to differing temperature trends. âº The spatial patterns of vegetation green-up and its change are altitude dependent.

Keywords

Qinghai-Xizang Plateau NDVI Elevation gradient Phenology Global warming

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Earth and Planetary Sciences Atmospheric Science

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Altitude and temperature dependence of change in the spring vegetation green-up date from 1982 to 2006 in the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau

Authors

Shilong Piao, Mengdi Cui, Anping Chen, Xuhui Wang, Philippe Ciais, Jie Liu, Yanhong Tang,