Optical vegetation indices for monitoring terrestrial ecosystems globally

Y Zeng, D Hao, A Huete, B Dechant, J Berry… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Vegetation indices (VIs), which describe remotely sensed vegetation properties such as
photosynthetic activity and canopy structure, are widely used to study vegetation dynamics …

From remotely‐sensed solar‐induced chlorophyll fluorescence to ecosystem structure, function, and service: Part II—Harnessing data

Y Sun, J Wen, L Gu, J Joiner, CY Chang… - Global change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although our observing capabilities of solar‐induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) have
been growing rapidly, the quality and consistency of SIF datasets are still in an active stage …

Future reversal of warming-enhanced vegetation productivity in the Northern Hemisphere

Y Zhang, S Piao, Y Sun, BM Rogers, X Li, X Lian… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
Climatic warming has greatly increased vegetation productivity in the extratropical Northern
Hemisphere since the 1980s, but how long this positive relationship will continue remains …

NIRv and SIF better estimate phenology than NDVI and EVI: Effects of spring and autumn phenology on ecosystem production of planted forests

J Zhang, J **ao, X Tong, J Zhang, P Meng, J Li… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2022 - Elsevier
Phenology plays an important role in affecting carbon sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems
in the context of climate change. Remote sensing techniques have been widely used to …

Thermodynamic driving mechanisms for the formation of global precipitation extremes and ecohydrological effects

J Yin, S Guo, J Wang, J Chen, Q Zhang, L Gu… - Science China Earth …, 2023 - Springer
Global warming has altered the thermodynamic and dynamic environments of climate
systems, affecting the biogeochemical processes between the geosphere and atmosphere …

Responses of vegetation greenness and carbon cycle to extreme droughts in China

Y Deng, X Wang, K Wang, P Ciais, S Tang, L **… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2021 - Elsevier
Increasing drought stress under climate change exerting large impacts on vegetation has
aroused growing concern, yet how vegetation greenness and carbon cycle respond to …

Evaluating the cumulative and time-lag effects of vegetation response to drought in Central Asia under changing environments

S Xu, Y Wang, Y Liu, J Li, K Qian, X Yang, X Ma - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
Central Asia (CA) is an arid region sensitive to climate change, and with the increase in
drought events due to global warming, droughts are posing more severe threats to the …

Warming response of peatland CO2 sink is sensitive to seasonality in warming trends

M Helbig, T Živković, P Alekseychik, M Aurela… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
Peatlands have acted as net CO2 sinks over millennia, exerting a global climate cooling
effect. Rapid warming at northern latitudes, where peatlands are abundant, can disturb their …

Seasonal peak photosynthesis is hindered by late canopy development in northern ecosystems

Q Zhao, Z Zhu, H Zeng, RB Myneni, Y Zhang… - Nature Plants, 2022 - nature.com
The seasonal dynamics of the vegetation canopy strongly regulate the surface energy
balance and terrestrial carbon fluxes, providing feedbacks to climate change. Whether the …

Spring phenology rather than climate dominates the trends in peak of growing season in the Northern Hemisphere

Z Huang, L Zhou, Y Chi - Global Change Biology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Shifts in plant phenology regulate ecosystem structure and function, which feeds back to the
climate system. However, drivers for the peak of growing season (POS) in seasonal …