Divergent Sensitivities of Spaceborne Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence to Drought among Different Seasons and Regions
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- (1)
- do the responses of SIF to drought indices show a consistent pattern between temperate grasslands and alpine grasslands?
- (2)
- How do the sensitivities of SIF to different drought indices shift in different seasons?
- (3)
- What are the main drivers influencing the relationship between SIF and drought indices?
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Region
2.2. Data
2.2.1. Satellite Chlorophyll Fluorescence Data
2.2.2. Drought Dataset
2.2.3. Vegetation Type Data and Ancillary Data
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Correlations between SIF and SPEI at Different Time Scales
3.2. Spatiotemporal Pattern of Relationships between SIF and Different Drought Variables
3.3. Regional Scale Comparison of Correlations between SIF and Different Drought Variables
3.4. Driving Factors of the Variability in the Relationship between SIF and Drought Variables
4. Discussion
4.1. Relationship between SIF and Different Drought Variables
4.2. Variance of SIF Response to Drought in the Two Grassland Ecosystem Types
4.3. SIF Sensitivity in Different Stages during the Growing Season
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Temporal Resolution | Spatial Resolution | Source |
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SIF | monthly | 0.5-degree | ftp://fluo.gps.caltech.edu/data/Philipp/GOME-2/ |
SPEI | monthly | 0.5-degree | http://spei.csic.es/database.html |
PDSI | monthly | 0.5-degree | https://crudata.uea.ac.uk/cru/data/drought/#global |
LST (MOD11C3) | 8-day | 500 m | https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov |
VPD | monthly | 0.25-degree | https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/ |
Soil moisture | daily | 0.25-degree | https://www.esa-soilmoisture-cci.org/node/227 |
Climatic data | monthly | Point-based | http://data.cma.cn/en |
GPP (MOD11C3) | monthly | 1000 m | https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov |
Radiation data | monthly | 1-degree | https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/data/ |
DEM | - | 1000 m | http://www.resdc.cn/ |
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Sun, X.; Wang, M.; Li, G.; Wang, J.; Fan, Z. Divergent Sensitivities of Spaceborne Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence to Drought among Different Seasons and Regions. ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2020, 9, 542. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi9090542
Sun X, Wang M, Li G, Wang J, Fan Z. Divergent Sensitivities of Spaceborne Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence to Drought among Different Seasons and Regions. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 2020; 9(9):542. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi9090542
Chicago/Turabian StyleSun, Xiaofang, Meng Wang, Guicai Li, Junbang Wang, and Zemeng Fan. 2020. "Divergent Sensitivities of Spaceborne Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence to Drought among Different Seasons and Regions" ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 9, no. 9: 542. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi9090542