Land cover dynamic changes in northern China : 1989-2003

Auteur :
LI YUECHEN,

Description :
The aim of this paper is to analyze the spatio-temporal features of macro landscape pattern evolution in northern China, based on 1 km monthly NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) and SPOT/VGT Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) dataset. The results showed that from 1989 to 2003, the landscape within the study area had undertaken a complicated evolution in landscape structure and composition. The distribution and structure of forestland, grassland and water areas had been changed greatly during this period, especially grassland which became more and more fragmentized.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Journal of geographical sciences. Acta geographica sinica, issn : 1009-637X, 2008, vol. 18, n°. 1, p. 85-94, nombre de pages : 10, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 15 ref.

Date :
2008

Editeur :
Pays édition : Chine