Vegetation Activity Trend and Its Relationship with Climate Change in the Three Gorges Area, China
Based on SPOT/VGT NDVI time series images from 1999 to 2009 in the Three Gorges Area (TGA), we detected vegetation activity and trends using two methods, the Mann-Kendall and Slope tests. The relationships between vegetation activity trends and annual average temperature and annual total precipitati...
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| description | Based on SPOT/VGT NDVI time series images from 1999 to 2009 in the Three Gorges Area (TGA), we detected vegetation activity and trends using two methods, the Mann-Kendall and Slope tests. The relationships between vegetation activity trends and annual average temperature and annual total precipitation were analyzed using observational data in seven typical meteorological stations. Vegetation activity presents a distinctive uptrend during the study period, especially in Fengjie, Yunyang, Wushan, Wuxi, and Badong counties located in the midstream of the Three Gorges Reservoir. However, in the Chongqing major area (CMA) and its surrounding areas and Fuling, Yichang, and part of Wanzhou, vegetation activity shows a decreasing trend as a result of urban expansion. The NDVI has two fluctuation troughs in 2004 and 2006. The annual mean temperature presents a slight overall upward trend, but the annual total precipitation does not present a significant trend. And they almost have no significant correlations with the NDVI. Therefore, temperature and precipitation are not major influences on vegetation activity change. Instead, increasing vegetation cover benefits from a number of environment protection policies and management, and ecological construction is a major factor resulting in the upward trend. In addition, resettlement schemes mitigate the impact of human activity on vegetation activity. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6f6291178ae04631942b05c7703cf0452025-02-03T01:32:01ZengWileyAdvances in Meteorology1687-93091687-93172013-01-01201310.1155/2013/235378235378Vegetation Activity Trend and Its Relationship with Climate Change in the Three Gorges Area, ChinaGuifeng Han0Yongchuan Yang1Shuiyu Yan2Key Laboratory of New Technology for Construction of Cities in Mountain Area of Education Ministry, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, ChinaKey Laboratory of Three Gorges Reservoir Region’s Eco-Environment of Education Ministry, Faculty of Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, ChinaKey Laboratory of New Technology for Construction of Cities in Mountain Area of Education Ministry, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, ChinaBased on SPOT/VGT NDVI time series images from 1999 to 2009 in the Three Gorges Area (TGA), we detected vegetation activity and trends using two methods, the Mann-Kendall and Slope tests. The relationships between vegetation activity trends and annual average temperature and annual total precipitation were analyzed using observational data in seven typical meteorological stations. Vegetation activity presents a distinctive uptrend during the study period, especially in Fengjie, Yunyang, Wushan, Wuxi, and Badong counties located in the midstream of the Three Gorges Reservoir. However, in the Chongqing major area (CMA) and its surrounding areas and Fuling, Yichang, and part of Wanzhou, vegetation activity shows a decreasing trend as a result of urban expansion. The NDVI has two fluctuation troughs in 2004 and 2006. The annual mean temperature presents a slight overall upward trend, but the annual total precipitation does not present a significant trend. And they almost have no significant correlations with the NDVI. Therefore, temperature and precipitation are not major influences on vegetation activity change. Instead, increasing vegetation cover benefits from a number of environment protection policies and management, and ecological construction is a major factor resulting in the upward trend. In addition, resettlement schemes mitigate the impact of human activity on vegetation activity.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/235378 |
| spellingShingle | Guifeng Han Yongchuan Yang Shuiyu Yan Vegetation Activity Trend and Its Relationship with Climate Change in the Three Gorges Area, China Advances in Meteorology |
| title | Vegetation Activity Trend and Its Relationship with Climate Change in the Three Gorges Area, China |
| title_full | Vegetation Activity Trend and Its Relationship with Climate Change in the Three Gorges Area, China |
| title_fullStr | Vegetation Activity Trend and Its Relationship with Climate Change in the Three Gorges Area, China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vegetation Activity Trend and Its Relationship with Climate Change in the Three Gorges Area, China |
| title_short | Vegetation Activity Trend and Its Relationship with Climate Change in the Three Gorges Area, China |
| title_sort | vegetation activity trend and its relationship with climate change in the three gorges area china |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/235378 |
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