The Effects of Asymmetric Diurnal Warming on Vegetation Growth of the Tibetan Plateau over the Past Three Decades
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data Sources and Processing
2.2. Data Analysis
2.2.1. Linear Regression Trends
2.2.2. Partial Correlation Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Trends of Daytime and Night-Time Warming in Tibetan Plateau
3.2. Partial Correlations between NDVI and Diurnal Extreme Temperature on the Tibetan Plateau
3.3. Partial Correlations between NDVI and Asymmetric Diurnal Warming in Different Physico-Geographical Regions
3.4. Partial Correlations between NDVI and Asymmetric Diurnal Warming among Different Vegetation Types
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
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Vegetation Type | Tmax | Tmin |
---|---|---|
Forest | 0.598 *** | –0.561 *** |
Shrublands | 0.446 ** | –0.337 * |
Alpine Steppe | 0.132 | 0.263 |
Alpine Meadow | 0.301 * | –0.39 |
Crop | 0.455 *** | –0.428 ** |
Others | 0.407 ** | 0.125 |
Vegetation Types | Tmax | Tmin | ||||
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+ | − | Total | + | − | Total | |
Forest | 34.22 | 0.42 | 34.64 | 0.31 | 25.73 | 26.04 |
Shrublands | 22.18 | 0.86 | 23.04 | 1.97 | 8.97 | 10.94 |
Alpine Steppe | 11.06 | 1.62 | 12.68 | 14.01 | 5.83 | 19.86 |
Alpine Meadow | 17.81 | 0.87 | 18.68 | 5.92 | 4.08 | 10.00 |
Crop | 41.46 | 0 | 41.46 | 0 | 39.02 | 39.02 |
Others | 17.75 | 1.04 | 18.79 | 12.25 | 8.24 | 20.49 |
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Xia, H.; Li, A.; Feng, G.; Li, Y.; Qin, Y.; Lei, G.; Cui, Y. The Effects of Asymmetric Diurnal Warming on Vegetation Growth of the Tibetan Plateau over the Past Three Decades. Sustainability 2018, 10, 1103. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10041103
Xia H, Li A, Feng G, Li Y, Qin Y, Lei G, Cui Y. The Effects of Asymmetric Diurnal Warming on Vegetation Growth of the Tibetan Plateau over the Past Three Decades. Sustainability. 2018; 10(4):1103. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10041103
Chicago/Turabian StyleXia, Haoming, Ainong Li, Gary Feng, Yang Li, Yaochen Qin, Guangbin Lei, and Yaoping Cui. 2018. "The Effects of Asymmetric Diurnal Warming on Vegetation Growth of the Tibetan Plateau over the Past Three Decades" Sustainability 10, no. 4: 1103. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10041103