Earth and Planetary Sciences
8 years ago

Study reveals alarming low vegetation coverage over Tibetan Plateau

Yaogan jishu yu yingyong
Vegetation Coverage Estimation over Tibetan Plateau Using MODIS Data
Duo Chu, CI Ren-Duo-Ji, Caiyun Wang, JI Qiu-mei, De He Yang

Paper Summary

The article analyzes vegetation coverage over the Tibetan Plateau using MODIS data. They studied the relationship between satellite imagery and field measurements, finding high correlations. The Carlson and Ripley algorithm accurately estimates vegetation coverage, especially in grassland areas. Overall, the Tibetan Plateau has low vegetation coverage, with most areas having less than 20% coverage. Forest vegetation dominates in the southeast, while coverage decreases towards the northwest.

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