Satellite Monitoring of Vegetation Response to Precipitation and Dust Storm Outbreaks in Gobi Desert Regions

Satellite Monitoring of Vegetation Response to Precipitation and Dust Storm Outbreaks in Gobi Desert Regions

Recently, droughts have become widespread in the Northern Hemisphere, including in Mongolia. The ground surface condition, particularly vegetation coverage, affects the occurrence of dust storms. The main sources of dust storms in the Asian region are the Taklimakan and Mongolian Gobi desert regions...

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Main Authors: Yuki Sofue, Buho Hoshino, Yuta Demura, Kenji Kai, Kenji Baba, Eunice Nduati, Akihiko Kondoh, Troy Sternberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-02-01
Series:Land
Subjects:
vegetation response to precipitation
dust storm outbreak
cross correlation analysis
the Hovmoller diagram
environmental regime shift
Gobi desert of Mongolia
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/7/1/19

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http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/7/1/19

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