ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Temporal and Spatial Vegetation Index Variability
and Response to Temperature and Precipitation in
the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Using GIMMS NDVI
| 1 | College of Geomatics, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, 58 Yanta Road, Xi’an, China |
| 2 | Shandong Branch of China National Geological Exploration Center of Building Materials Industry,
32 Shanda North Road, Jinan, China |
| 3 | Ocean Wood Mapping Information Technology Limited Company, 69 South Second Ring Road, Xi’an, China |
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Tao Wang
College of Geomatics, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, 58 Yanta Road, 710054, Xi'an, China
College of Geomatics, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, 58 Yanta Road, 710054, Xi'an, China
Submission date: 2019-12-30
Final revision date: 2020-04-16
Acceptance date: 2020-04-18
Online publication date: 2020-07-13
Publication date: 2020-08-05
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2020;29(6):4385–4395
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ABSTRACT
The vegetation of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) is fragile and vulnerable to global and regional
climate change. This paper analyzed the temporal and spatial variability of NDVI and response to
temperature and precipitation in the QTP from 1982 to 2015. The results showed that: (1) there was a nonsignificant
increase temporally, while there was a significant spatial increase that accounted for 63.26%
of the total area and was distributed in the north, west, and south of the QTP. A significant decrease
was concentrated southeast of the QTP. (2) Average NDVI values for the main vegetation types in the
QTP were broadleaf forest>coniferous forest>shrub>meadow>alpine vegetation>grassland>desert.
NDVI values of grassland, alpine vegetation, and desert vegetation had a significant linear increase,
while NDVI for shrub, coniferous, and broadleaf forest decreased non-significantly. (3) The correlation
coefficients between NDVI and temperature were spatially distributed in a north-south direction with
latitudinal zonal characteristics. The correlation coefficients between NDVI and precipitation were
distributed in an east-west direction with dry-humidity zonal characteristics. The study concluded that
with the lack of hydrothermal conditions in the northern part of the QTP, NDVI increased significantly,
while there was a significant decrease in areas with sufficient hydrothermal conditions.
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