Moisture driver of Seasonal Vegetation Greening and Their Responses to Climate Change in the Three River Source Region

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  • 1. State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science and Frozen Soil EngineeringNorthwest Institute of Eco-Environment and ResourcesChinese Academy of SciencesLanzhou 730000GansuChina
    2. Zoige Plateau Wetlands Ecosystem Research StationNorthwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources
    Chinese Academy of SciencesLanzhou 730000GansuChina
    3. University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100049China
    4. Institute of Arid MeteorologyCMALanzhou 730020GansuChina

Online published: 2025-05-20

Abstract

The seasonal vegetation greening in the Three River Source RegionTRSRhas a profound impact on the ecological environment and water resource security. In this studythe moisture drivers of seasonal vegetation greening in the TRSR and their responses to climate change were investigated using multi-source data from 2003 to 2021through the application of trend analysiscorrelation analysis and partial information decomposition PIDanalysis. The results showed that1the linear trend of the Leaf Area IndexLAIgenerally increased in springsummer and autumnalthough the environmental conditions varied significantly between seasons. Linear trends in precipitationsoil moistureSMand snow coverSCalso increased in spring and autumnwith in‐ significant changes in temperature. In summerlinear trends of temperature were slightly higherwith slight de‐ creases in precipitation and SMas well as insignificant changes in SC.2Effects of moisture drivers on LAIcorrelation analyses indicated that LAI was significantly positively correlated with SM in spring and summerbut not in autumn. The correlation between LAI and SC was weak in all seasons. By introducing the PID analysis methodthe nonlinear and synergistic effects of SM and SC on LAI were effectively revealed. The independent information contribution of SC to LAI changes was higher in spring and autumnmaking it the main moisture driver in these seasonswhile SM contributed more in summer. At the same timethe synergistic effects of SM and SC played an important role in the changes of LAI in all seasonswith the synergistic information contribution exceeding 30% in all seasons.3Response of moisture drivers to climate changecorrelation analyses showed that SM was significantly positively correlated with precipitation in all seasons and significantly negatively correlated with temperature in springSC was significantly positively correlated with precipitation in all sea‐ sons and significantly negatively correlated with temperature in both spring and autumn. PID analyses also indicated that precipitation was the main meteorological factor influencing changes in SM and SC across the three seasonswith a higher independent contribution than temperature. Howeverthe synergistic effects of temperature and precipitation on SM and SC in all seasons should not be overlooked.

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WANG Yuteng, LIU Yuanpu, CHEN Hao, LI Zhaoguo, MA Di, SHANG Lunyu, JIN Wei, MENG Xianhong, ZHAO Lin . Moisture driver of Seasonal Vegetation Greening and Their Responses to Climate Change in the Three River Source Region[J]. Plateau Meteorology, 0 : 1 . DOI: 10.7522/j.issn.1000-0534.2024.00111

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