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The Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Remotely-sensed Vegetation Phenology in Central Asia in the 1982-2011 Period
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SYSNO ASEP 0466949 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title The Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Remotely-sensed Vegetation Phenology in Central Asia in the 1982-2011 Period Author(s) Bohovič, Roman (UEK-B)
Dobrovolný, Petr (UEK-B) RID, ORCID, SAI
Klein, D. (DE)Source Title European Journal of Remote Sensing
Roč. 2016, č. 49 (2016), s. 279-299Number of pages 21 s. Language eng - English Country IT - Italy Keywords Phenology ; vegetation dynamics ; NDVI ; GIMMS ; Central Asia ; SOS Subject RIV EH - Ecology, Behaviour Institutional support RVO:67179843 - RVO:67179843 UT WOS 000380968700010 EID SCOPUS 84986893064 DOI 10.5721/EuJRS20164916 Annotation An understanding of present and past vegetation dynamics is essential to future reaction strategies to climate change, especially in developing regions. This study seeks to widen such knowledge by utilizing remotely-sensed normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) data to compute phenology metrics for Central Asia in the 1982-2011 period. Spatial and temporal analysis was performed for nine phenological metrics and for subregions with consistent vegetation dynamics. A general increase of biomass was disclosed, except in bare deserts, and the growing season appears to be starting earlier. Despite of the dominant greening trend, deserts show inverse dynamics, possibly a sign of rising aridity. Workplace Global Change Research Institute Contact Nikola Šviková, svikova.n@czechglobe.cz, Tel.: 511 192 268 Year of Publishing 2017
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