MODIS normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and vegetation phenology dynamics in the   Inner Mongolia grassland

Gong, Z.; Kawamura, K.; Ishikawa, N.; Goto, M.; Wulan, T.; Alateng, D.; Yin, T.; Ito, Y.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-6-1185-2015

Articles | Volume 6, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-6-1185-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-6-1185-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 6, issue 4

Research article

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03 Nov 2015

Research article |

| 03 Nov 2015

MODIS normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and vegetation phenology dynamics in the Inner Mongolia grassland

Z. Gong, K. Kawamura, N. Ishikawa, M. Goto, T. Wulan, D. Alateng, T. Yin, and Y. Ito

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RC C1028: 'Comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 30 Aug 2015
- AC C1209: 'Response to the comments from referee', Zhe Gong, 16 Oct 2015
RC C1076: 'Comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Sep 2015
- AC C1213: 'Response to comments from Referee', Zhe Gong, 16 Oct 2015

Short summary

This study evaluated trends in vegetation cover and phenology dynamics in the Inner Mongolia grassland by applying a normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) time series obtained by the Terra Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) during 2002–2014. The positive trends of the cumulative annual NDVI (77.10%) could be interpreted as an increase in plant productivity in the Inner Mongolia permanent grassland. And the growing season has lengthened by 10.86 days.