Editorial for the Special Issue “Vegetation and Climate Relationships”

• Published in: Atmosphere Vol. 13; no. 11; p. 1881
• Main Authors: Shen, Xiangjin, Liu, Binhui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.11.2022
• Subjects: Afforestation; Biometeorology; Carbon; Cereal crops; Climate and vegetation; Climate change; Cotton; Crops; Ecological control; Forest vegetation; Forests; Global climate; Growth rate; n/a; Plant cover; Precipitation; Rice; River basins; Seasons; Sugarcane; Taiga & tundra; Terrestrial ecosystems; Trends; Vegetation; Vegetation changes; Vegetation cover; Tibetan Plateau; Mexico; China; Yellow River
• ISSN: 2073-4433; 2073-4433
• DOI: 10.3390/atmos13111881

To better understand the interaction between vegetation and climate in the context of global climate change, this Special Issue of the open access journal Atmosphere addresses the topicof “Vegetation and Climate Relationships”. [8] found that from 2000 to 2019, the fractional vegetation cover (FVC) in the Yellow River Basin has improved significantly, with an average annual growth rate of 0.65%, and the green line of vegetation has moved approximately 300 km westward. [...]the study showed that climate, ecological control, and afforestation are important factors affecting the dynamic changesinvegetation in this region. The results showed that temperature had negative impacts on sugarcane, rice, and cotton crops during the Rabi season, and the precipitation during the Kharif season in the study area had positive impacts on sugarcane, rice, and cotton crops. The other articles in this Research Topic discussed the characteristics of forest vegetation changes and their responses to climate change in different regions of the world.