Vegetation response to rainfall seasonality and interannual variability in tropical dry forests

Projected changes in rainfall seasonality and interannual variability are expected to have severe impacts on arid and semi‐arid tropical vegetation, which is characterized by a fine‐tuned adaptation to extreme rainfall seasonality. To study the response of these ecosystems and the related changes in hydrological processes to changes in the amount and seasonality of rainfall, we focused on the caatinga biome, the typical seasonally dry forest in semi‐arid Northeast Brazil. We selected four sites across a gradient of rainfall amount and seasonality and analysed daily rainfall and biweekly Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data for hydrological years 2000 to 2014. Rainfall seasonal and interannual statistics were characterized by recently proposed metrics describing duration, timing and intensity of the wet season and compared to similar metrics of NDVI time series. The results show that the caatinga tends to have a more stable response with longer and less variable growing seasons (3.1 ± 0.1 months) compared to the duration wet seasons (2.0 ± 0.5 months). The ecosystem ability to buffer the interannual variability of rainfall is also evidenced by the stability in the timing of the growing season compared to the wet season, which results in variable delays (ranging from 0 to 2 months) between the peak of the rainfall season and the production of leaves by the ecosystem. The analyses show that the shape and size of the related hysteresis loops in the rainfall–NDVI relations are linked to the buffering effects of soil moisture and plant growth dynamics. Finally, model projections of vegetation response to different rainfall scenarios reveal the existence of a maximum in ecosystem productivity at intermediate levels of rainfall seasonality, suggesting a possible trade‐off in the effects of intensity (i.e. amount) and duration of the wet season on vegetation growth and related soil moisture dynamics and transpiration rates. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于MODIS的天山山区草地类型植被指数变化特征及其与气候因子的关系

本研究建立基于MODIS的天山山区草地类型植被指数并分析其与气候因子的关系,研究发现：天山山区NDVI分布北部大,南部小;西部大,东部小。降水是影响天山山区NDVI的主要因子。天山山区在温度上升0.1℃,面雨量增加10%的情况下,NDVI增加2.5%。2000~2009年天山山区NDVI年平均值为0.35,温度呈上升趋势,降水呈减少趋势,对植被的生长不利,NDVI呈现出减小趋势,但减小不明显。天山山区NDVI最大值的年份,降水并不是最多的,说明植被的长势需要水分和热量匹配。1961~2009年天山山区的气候变化有利于草地NDVI的增加     

Spatiotemporal variation in the terrestrial vegetation phenology of Iraq and its relation with elevation

Iraq contains the Great Mesopotamian alluvial plain of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. Its regional vegetation phenological patterns are worthy of investigation because relatively little is known about the phenology of semi-arid environments, and because their inter-annual variation is expected to be driven by uncertain rainfall and varied topography. The aim of this research was to assess and map the spatial variation in key land surface phenology (LSP) parameters over the last decade and their relation with elevation. It is the first study mapping land surface phenology during last decade over the whole of Iraq, and one of only a few studies on vegetation phenology in a semi-arid environment. Time-series of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) normalised difference vegetation index (NDVI) data at 250 m spatial resolution and 8 day temporal resolution, were employed to map the spatial variation in three LSP parameters for the major vegetation types in Iraq during 2001–2012. LSP parameters were defined by inflection points after smoothing the vegetation phenological signals using the Fourier technique. The estimated key LSP parameters indicated that the relatively shorter length of season (LOS) in the north of Iraq resulted from a delayed start of season (SOS). Greater spatial variation occurred in the SOS than end of season (EOS), which may be due to the spatial distribution of rainfall and temperature as a function of elevation. A positive correlation was observed for SOS and EOS with elevation for all major land cover types with EOS producing the largest positive correlation (R² = 0.685, R² = 0.638 and R² = 0.588, p < 0.05 in shrubland, cropland and grassland, respectively). The magnitude of delay in SOS and EOS increased in all land cover types along a rising elevation gradient where for each 500 m increase, SOS was delayed by around 25 or more days and EOS delayed by around 22 or more days, except for grassland. The SOS and EOS also varied temporally during the last decade, particularly the SOS in the lowland, north of the country where the standard deviation was around 80 to 120 days, due mainly to the practice of crop rotation and the traditional biennial cropping system. Thus, the results of this research emphasize the effect of elevation on key LSP parameters over Iraq, for all major vegetation types.     

2000—2009年河北省生态系统服务价值时空动态遥感监测

以TM图像及MODIS NDVI数据为主要数据源,通过建立生态系统服务价值评估体系、物质量评估模型及价值量评估模型,对河北省2000—2009年生态系统服务价值进行了计算。2000—2009年间,河北省生态系统总服务价值呈现出波动增长趋势;总体的空间分布规律呈现出北高南低、西高东低、山地丘陵区高于平原区的规律;生态系统服务价值的空间变化呈现出南北两端地区减少、中部地区增加,且增加部分面积大于减少部分面积的特点。     

基于MODIS数据的湖北省油菜种植分布信息提取

MODIS归一化差值植被指数(MODIS-normalized difference vegetation index,MODIS-NDVI)时间序列产品能够连续反映植被的覆盖情况,是农作物遥感测量的重要数据源。为研究基于MODIS数据的油菜种植分布信息提取技术,选取湖北省为研究区,利用2008—2013年75个时相的MODIS-NDVI时序数据,结合农作物物候和地面调查样本等辅助资料,通过建立油菜种植面积提取模型,采用多次阈值比较方法提取了2009—2013年湖北省油菜种植分布信息,与统计数据比较,总体提取精度为85%左右。最后利用环境小卫星HJ-1A CCD数据进行精度验证,证明了MODIS-NDVI时序数据及本文方法在油菜种植面积提取中的可靠性,对掌握油菜种植面积和产量信息、加强农业生产管理、调整农业结构及辅助政府有关部门制定科学合理的农业政策具有重要意义。     

应用面向对象的决策树模型提取橡胶林信息

橡胶林的无序和不合理种植引发了一系列的生态问题,快速监测橡胶林空间分布及动态变化,对橡胶的合理种植、区域生态环境保护以及有关部门的规划决策有重要的指导意义。以MODIS归一化植被指数NDVI时间序列数据和多时相的Landsat TM数据为基础分析橡胶林的季相和光谱特征,确定橡胶识别的关键时期和特征参数,构建面向对象的决策树分类模型,开展橡胶信息提取研究。结果表明,多时相的遥感数据可反映橡胶的季相特征,以TM数据为基础计算得到的陆表水分指数LSWI和归一化植被指数NDVI可作为橡胶识别的光谱特征参数,橡胶休眠期是利用遥感方法进行橡胶提取的最佳时期。相比于单时相数据,利用包含橡胶关键物候期的多时相遥感数据能得到更高的橡胶林提取精度。     

灌溉区与雨养区作物长势差异比较分析——以美国内布拉斯加为例

以美国内布拉斯加为例,按照耕地灌溉比例0%—30%,30%—60%,60%—100%将农业区分为雨养农业区、混合农业区与灌溉农业区,同时筛选丰水年(2008年)、平水年(2005年)、枯水年(2012年),比较相同年份雨养农业区、混合农业区与灌溉农业区的作物长势的峰值特征差异,以及相同农业区在丰水年、平水年、枯水年的长势过程线的相似性,并定量分析作物长势随灌溉百分比的变化规律与趋势。研究表明:(1)相同年份,灌溉农业区作物长势好于混合农业区,混合农业区的作物长势好于雨养农业区,耕地灌溉比例越高,作物长势越好;(2)不同年份的灌溉农业区作物长势差异最小,混合农业区次之,雨养农业区长势差异最大,即耕地灌溉比例越高,作物长势越稳定;(3)枯水年雨养农业区的作物长势过程线与降水过程线同增同减,受灌溉与降水的双重影响,灌溉农业区的作物长势过程线的峰值滞后于降水峰值;丰水年,作物水分胁迫减弱,灌溉农业区、混合农业区与雨养农业区作物长势过程线与降水过程线变化趋势基本一致;(4)作物长势增幅与灌溉百分比之间呈现显著的分段二次函数变化关系,当灌溉百分比增幅小于60%时,作物长势增长幅度逐步加快,当灌溉百分比大于60%时,作物长势增速逐步放缓,在枯水年时,长势随灌溉百分比增加而增长的幅度高于丰水年与枯水年。鉴于不同农业区作物长势差异,作物长势的定量监测需要进一步区分灌溉与雨养农业。     

利用遥感影像进行植被分布分析

植被是生态环境的重要组成要素,它与一定的地形条件相适应。本文以吴起县遥感影像及地形数据为基础,集成使用RS,GPS及GIS技术,以NDVI植被指数计算为核心完成了植被覆盖度的动态监测及分析,植被群落已基本恢复成能与环境相适应的稳定群落,封禁效果基本稳定,林地面积、植被覆盖度等指标明显上升。植被覆盖度面积逐年增加,部分地区还出现了较为明显的逆转现象,整个研究区的生态环境呈现良性发展态势。     

草地植被净第一性生产力及固碳释氧量的估算

草地植被净第一性生产力表征了草地生态系统的物质量,是评价草地生态系统物质生产能力的重要指标。本文基于ERDAS和ArcMap软件平台,由1990、2000和2007年ETM+影像数据提取出NDVI值,结合相应时段的气候数据,对陕北农牧交错带草地生态系统净第一性生产力及固碳释氧量进行测算,研究并分析了1990-2007年间其NPP及固碳释氧量的时空变化特征。     

基于移动窗口分析法的西安市热岛效应研究

本文利用西安市两期Landsat5 TM影像,提取了西安市土地利用变化信息、NDVI指数、MNDWI指数和地表亮温,并基于移动窗口分析法进行了热岛效应边界的定量研究,旨在为陕西省地理国(省)情监测中环境监测部分探索一些可行的研究方法。研究结果表明:11年间,西安市热岛效应的发展趋势与城市扩张情况基本一致;地表亮温与植被指数和水体指数存在负相关关系,因此增加植被和水体面积有助于调节城市热岛效应的强度。