Impacts of climate extremes on ecosystem metrics in southwest China

2021 
Abstract Due to global warming, climate extremes are increasing significantly, which is greatly impacting ecosystems dynamics. Identified as a key ecological area, southwest China (SWC) has experienced frequent extreme climatic events. Using daily meteorological data and Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer data, we analyzed the spatiotemporal variations of 21 extreme climate indices (ECIs) and 3 ecosystem metrics, namely, normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), leaf area index (LAI), and gross primary production (GPP), as well as the responses of these metrics to ECIs during 2000–2018. Our results showed that the regionally averaged NDVI, LAI, and GPP increased significantly in this period with annual rates of 0.003, 0.04 m2 m−2, and 10.58 g C m−2, respectively (P
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