Divergent Arctic-Boreal Vegetation Changes between North America and Eurasia over the Past 30 Years

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Jian Bi, Liang Xu, Arindam Samanta, Zaichun Zhu, Ranga Myneni
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2013
• Subjects: GIMMS; NDVI; vegetation; change; North America; Eurasia; Arctic; Browning; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs5052093

Arctic-Boreal region—mainly consisting of tundra, shrub lands, and boreal forests—has been experiencing an amplified warming over the past 30 years. As the main driving force of vegetation growth in the north, temperature exhibits tight coupling with the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)...