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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2014, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (34): 133-139.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.2014-2372

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Temporal-spatial Variation of Vegetation Coverage Around Hebei Area Based on the NOAA AVHRR Data

Wang Shubing1, Xiang Liang2, Wu Yunlong1, Li Jing1   

  1. (1Xinji Meteorological Bureau of Hebei Province, Xinji Hebei 052360;
    2Hebei Provincial Meteorological Bureau, Shijiazhuang 050000)
  • Received:2014-08-30 Revised:2014-08-30 Accepted:2014-10-14 Online:2015-03-10 Published:2015-03-10

Abstract: Based on normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) data of 83 sites in the Beijing-Tianjin- Hebei Region during recent 29 years (1982-2010), temporal and spatial variations of vegetation cover of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region were studied. The climate tendency rate, correlation analysis, empirical orthogonal function EOF decomposition methods were taken to analyze the basic characteristics of vegetation coverage of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region from the month, season and year time scale and spatial scale, a detailed analysis. The results showed that : (1) in recent 29 years, vegetation coverage of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region had a slight increase in the overall trend with heavy inter-annual fluctuations; spring vegetation coverage increased most obviously, followed by that of autumn and winter, summer vegetation change rate and the annual variation had the strongest correlation; vegetation growth period of vegetation coverage were mainly from April to June, the highest growth rate occurred in July, August, October and November had decreasing trends; (2) vegetation distribution of the entire research area had great differences, southern Hebei and northeastern Beijing along Yanshan mountain had the best vegetation coverage (NDVI mean>0.4), low value area are mainly located in northern Zhangjiakou, which Zhangjiakou Kangbao station, its annual average NDVI value was 0.15, the lowest in the study area; EOF analysis showed that, the whole Research area vegetation increased significantly in the region of southern Hebei, the time coefficient showed that vegetation in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region increased during 1982-1999, decreased during 2000-2002 and increased significantly during 2003-2010.