Responses of net primary productivity (NPP) in Xinjiang to climate changes from 1981-2000

Wei Gao; Zhiqiang Gao; Xiaoling Pan; James R. Slusser; Mingkui Cao; Jiaguo Qi; Jie Zhang; Xiwu Zhan; Yingjun Ma

doi:10.1117/12.511576

22 December 2003 Responses of net primary productivity (NPP) in Xinjiang to climate changes from 1981-2000

Wei Gao, Zhiqiang Gao, Xiaoling Pan, James R. Slusser, Mingkui Cao, Jiaguo Qi, Jie Zhang, Xiwu Zhan, Yingjun Ma

Proceedings Volume 5153, Ecosystems' Dynamics, Agricultural Remote Sensing and Modeling, and Site-Specific Agriculture; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.511576
Event: Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 48th Annual Meeting, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In the last several decades, the responses of vegetation to global changes at regional and global scales have been studied with many mathematical models primarily driven by point meteorological observations. In this study, the net primary productivity (NPP) of Xinjiang, China is simulated using the GLObal Production Efficiency Model (GLO-PEM) which is a semi-mechanistic model of plant photosynthesis and respiration and driven entirely by satellite observations. With the available satellite observation data acquired from NOAA’s Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), the seasonal and inter-annual changes of NPP in the Xinjiang area are analyzed for the time period of 20 years from 1981 to 2000. Large spatial variability of NPP is found in this area. The temporal trends of NPP in different regions of the area differed significantly. However, for the whole area the mean annual NPP decreased in the 1980s and increased in the 1990s. Seasonal variations of NPP are large and inter-annual changes are moderate. The correlations between the simulated NPP and the precipitation and temperature suggested that precipitation and temperature played major roles in the variations of NPP.

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Wei Gao, Zhiqiang Gao, Xiaoling Pan, James R. Slusser, Mingkui Cao, Jiaguo Qi, Jie Zhang, Xiwu Zhan, and Yingjun Ma "Responses of net primary productivity (NPP) in Xinjiang to climate changes from 1981-2000", Proc. SPIE 5153, Ecosystems' Dynamics, Agricultural Remote Sensing and Modeling, and Site-Specific Agriculture, (22 December 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.511576

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