Analyzing vegetation coverage changes and its reasons on the Loess Plateau based on Google Earth Engine
GUO Yong-qiang1, WANG Nai-jiang1, CHU Xiao-sheng1, LI Cheng1, LUO Xiao-qi1, FENG Hao2,3
1. College of Water Conservancy and Architectural Engineering, Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, China; 2. Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, China; 3. Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling 712100, China
Abstract:Based on Google Earth Engine, this study conducted a quantitative analysis for the spatiotemporal variation of vegetation coverage from 1987 to 2015 on the Loess Plateau using Landsat Surface Reflectance data, and the method of slope change ratio of cumulative quantity was used to evaluate the relative contributions of climate change and human activities to it. The results revealed that:the annual vegetation coverage significantly increased from 41.78% in 1987 to 53.23% in 2015 (P<0.05), especially after the implementation of the Grain for Green Program (2000~2015) with a significant increase of 0.59%/a (P<0.05). However, no significant change was observed for the vegetation coverage during 1987~1999 (P>0.05). At a pixel scale, about 72.93% of the research area showed an increasing vegetation coverage and 38.31% of the research area had a significant increase in vegetation coverage (P<0.05). Vegetation coverage changes was affected by both climate and human factors. Taking 1987~1999 as reference period, the relative contributions of climate change and human activities to vegetation coverage changes were 23.77% and 76.23% during 2000~2015, respectively. Therefore, human activities were the dominant factors for vegetation coverage changes on the Loess Plateau. The Grain for Green Program has greatly improved the vegetation status on the Loess Plateau, but the expansion of city has caused significant degradation of vegetation coverage in some areas.
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GUO Yong-qiang, WANG Nai-jiang, CHU Xiao-sheng, LI Cheng, LUO Xiao-qi, FENG Hao. Analyzing vegetation coverage changes and its reasons on the Loess Plateau based on Google Earth Engine. CHINA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCECE, 2019, 39(11): 4804-4811.
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