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The effect of vegetation on surface temperature: A statistical analysis of NDVI and climate data
Author(s) -
Kaufmann R. K.,
Zhou L.,
Myneni R. B.,
Tucker C. J.,
Slayback D.,
Shabanov N. V.,
Pinzon Jorge
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2003gl018251
Subject(s) - vegetation (pathology) , environmental science , normalized difference vegetation index , snow , climatology , snow cover , statistical analysis , satellite , vegetation cover , range (aeronautics) , atmospheric temperature , land cover , climate change , atmospheric sciences , physical geography , meteorology , land use , geology , geography , ecology , oceanography , medicine , statistics , mathematics , pathology , materials science , aerospace engineering , engineering , composite material , biology
We use statistical techniques to quantify the effect of interannual variations in vegetation within land covers on surface temperature in North America and Eurasia from satellite measures of surface greenness and ground based meteorological observations. During the winter, reductions in the extent of snow cover cause (in a statistical sense) temperature to rise. During the summer, increases in terrestrial vegetation within land covers cause (in a statistical sense) temperature to fall. Temperature‐induced increases in vegetation have slowed increases in surface temperature, but this feedback may be limited by the range over which temperature has a positive effect on vegetation.