Detecting hotspots of interactions between vegetation greenness and terrestrial water storage using satellite observations

• Published in: Remote sensing of environment Vol. 231; p. 111259
• Main Authors: Xie, Xiaoming, He, Bin, Guo, Lanlan, Miao, Chiyuan, Zhang, Yafeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Elsevier Inc 15.09.2019; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: case studies; China; Delayed response; GRACE; GRACE (experiment); humid zones; Interaction; Investigations; NDVI; normalized difference vegetation index; Normalized difference vegetative index; remote sensing; Satellite observation; Satellites; Strong interactions (field theory); Surface water; Terrestrial water storage; Vegetation; Vegetation greenness; Vegetation growth; Vegetation index; Water availability; Water balance; Water storage; China; Terrestrial water storage; NDVI; Interaction; GRACE; Vegetation greenness

Changes in water availability strongly affect vegetation growth, and vegetation can also modify land water storage by changing the land surface water balance. Here, based on the terrestrial water storage (TWS) data retrieved from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)satellites mission...