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Arid Land Geography ›› 2024, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (10): 1735-1744.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2024.036

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Normalized difference vegetation index change and its driving factors in Shiyang River Basin

YANG Xiaoling1,2(), DING Wenkui1(), ZHOU Hua1, LI Yanying1, CHEN Haibei3   

  1. 1. Wuwei National Climate Observation Platform, Wuwei 733099, Gansu, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Arid Climatic Change and Reducing Disaster of Gansu Province/Key Open Laboratory of Arid Climatic Change and Disaster Reduction of CMA, Institute of Arid Meteorology, CMA, Lanzhou 730020, Gansu, China
    3. Gulang County Meteorological Bureau of Gansu Province, Wuwei 733100, Gansu, China
  • Received:2024-01-17 Revised:2024-02-29 Online:2024-10-25 Published:2024-11-27
  • Contact: DING Wenkui E-mail:wwqxj6150343@163.com;wwqxj.6150343@163.com

Abstract:

The problem of land desertification is serious, and, in this regard, the ecological environment has shown great frailty in Shiyang River Basin, Gansu Province, China. Studying the driving factors of vegetation cover is thus of great significance for ecological environment protection in the river basin. Using monthly NASA GIMMS normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), temperature, precipitation, sunshine, and evaporation data in Shiyang River Basin from 2000 to 2020, change characteristics and driving factors of NDVI were analyzed using trend slopes, cumulative distances and signal-to-noise ratios, correlation coefficients, and multiple regressions. The results were as follows: (1) The spatial distribution of NDVI in Shiyang River Basin followed the trend of upper reaches>whole river basin>middle reaches>lower reaches because of the influence of altitude, landform, and climate difference. (2) The annual NDVI showed an obviously increasing trend in the whole river basin and its upper and middle reaches, and a slightly increasing trend in the lower reaches. The slope trend followed upper reaches>whole river basin>middle reaches>lower reaches. The NDVI of four seasons also showed growth trends, with the slope trend being summer>autumn>winter>spring, with summer, autumn, and winter basically having significant growth. A mutation of the NDVI of whole river basin and its upper, middle, and lower reaches occurred in 2010 or 2011. (3) The climate factors that affected the NDVI change were precipitation, temperature, evaporation, and sunshine hours. In turn, temperature, precipitation, and evaporation positively contributed to NDVI, whereas sunshine duration had a negative contribution to NDVI. NDVI change was a result of combined climate change and human activities in Shiyang River Basin. The contribution of climate factors to NDVI was greater than that of human activities in the whole river basin and its upper reaches, whereas the contributions of climate factors and human activities to NDVI were equal in the middle and lower reaches. The contribution rate of human activities increased significantly after mutation, whereas the contribution rate of climate factors was relatively weakened. This study provides a scientific basis for vegetation restoration and ecological environment protection in Shiyang River Basin.

Key words: NDVI, trend slope, driving factor, multiple regression, Shiyang River Basin