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Spatial and temporal variation characteristics of the drought index in China grasslands in the recent 40 years （1982—2018）

  • role： First author第一作者
  • Affiliation：

    School of Geography, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China

  • Email：dik90@m.scnu.edu.cn
  • Introduction：底凯，研究方向为生态遥感和全球变化。E-mail： dik90@m.scnu.edu.cn
DI Kai1,  
  • role： Corresponding author通信作者
  • Affiliation：

    School of Geography, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China

  • Email：huzm@m.scnu.edu.cn
  • Introduction：胡中民，研究方向为全球变化生态学。E-mail： huzm@m.scnu.edu.cn
HU Zhongmin1*,  
  • Affiliation：

    CCCC Fourth Harbor Engineering Institute Co., Ltd; Guangzhou 510230, China

    Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection & Safety of Communication Foundation Engineering, CCCC,Guangzhou 510230, China

HAO Guangcun23,  
  • Affiliation：

    School of Geography, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China

CAO Ruochen1,  
  • Affiliation：

    School of Geography, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China

LIANG Minqi1,  
  • Affiliation：

    School of Geography, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China

HAN Daorui1,  
  • Affiliation：

    Synthesis Research Center of Chinese Ecosystem Research Network, Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China

    College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

WU Genan45

résumé

The dry/wet conditions dominated by precipitation, air temperature, and other meteorological factors have globally or regionally changed as a result of global warming. Grasslands cover around 40% of China and are vulnerable to climate change and ecological susceptibility. Accordingly, the dry/wet condition change trend of grasslands in China must be studied. Many studies on drought have been conducted in China, but two defects continue to persist: (1) most studies did not take into account the dry and wet changes of grassland in China as a whole; (2) the time range of research has not been extended to recent years. This study analyzed the temporal variation of drought-wet degree and its causes in this region during 1982—2018 based on the drought index and meteorological factors. The optimal drought index is the maximum correlation coefficient of soil moisture and multi drought index, and the optimal drought index was used for subsequent analysis. The piecewise regression approach was used to examine whether a turning point of the trend of drought index developed, and ordinary least squares was used to test the significance. The least square method was used to estimate the trend of the drought index. Pearson correlation analyses were conducted to quantify the relationship between drought index and climatic factors. Our results indicated the drought index based on the station ratio of precipitation and GLEAM potential evapotranspiration, which can reflect the change of dry/wet degree in China’s grasslands. The drought index had no significant increase trend from 1982 to 2018, and a trend shift occurred in 2005. The drought index of grasslands in China decreased by -0.0005 a-1 from 1982 to 2005 and increased by 0.009 a-1 from 2006 to 2018. The reason is that the increased water consumption causes increased the temperature and enhanced the evapotranspiration from 1982 to 2005. The water consumption of evapotranspiration was alleviated from 2006 to 2018 due to the continuous increase in precipitation and stagnation of temperature increase. The drought index of Mongolia grasslands showed a decreasing trend from 1982 to 2005 and an increasing trend from 2006 to 2018. Meanwhile, the drought index of Northwest grasslands showed an increasing trend from 1982 to 2005 and 2006 to 2018, respectively. The drought index of the Tibetan plateau showed a decreasing trend from 1982 to1994, and an increasing trend from 1995 to 2018. The drought index trend change was positively correlated with precipitation in China grasslands. The drought index was a ratio of precipitation on station and GLEAM PET, which can reflect the temporal dynamics of the dry/wet conditions of grasslands in China. The grasslands in China showed a drought trend from 1982 to 2005 and a wet trend from 2006 to 2018. The turning point year of Mongolia and Northwest grasslands are the same. The Mongolia grasslands and Tibetan plateau transitioned from dry to wet between before and after turning point in two periods. Meanwhile, the Northwest grasslands experienced continuous wetness in two periods. The changes of dry/wet in China grasslands was mainly dominated by Mongolia grasslands. Moreover, the change of trend is mainly dominated by precipitation.

mots-clés

remote sensing;China grasslands;drought index;dynamic change;shift;climate change

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