Empirical evidence of El Nino-Southern Oscillation influence on land surface phenology and productivity in the western United States

被引:48
作者
Dannenberg, Matthew P. [1 ]
Song, Conghe [1 ]
Hwang, Taehee [2 ]
Wise, Erika K. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ N Carolina, Dept Geog, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
[2] Indiana Univ, Dept Geog, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
关键词
El Nino-Southern Oscillation; Land surface phonology; Net primary productivity; MODIS; AVHRR; Climate variability; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; CLIMATE-CHANGE; VEGETATION INDEXES; DECIDUOUS FOREST; LEAF PHENOLOGY; VARIABILITY; MODIS; NDVI; PATTERNS; ENSO;
D O I
10.1016/j.rse.2014.11.026
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Timing of plant life cycle events (phenology) and annual plant productivity represent key interactions between the climate system and the biosphere, with implications and feedbacks for climate and ecosystem functions. The El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) system is a dominant source of interannual climate variability in the western United States, with important effects on temperature, precipitation, and drought. In this study, we examine the connection between ENSO and terrestrial vegetation dynamics using MOD17 annual net primary productivity (NPP) and land surface phenology derived from MODIS and AVHRR vegetation indices. Three phenology metrics-start of growing season (SOS), end of growing season (EOS), and length of growing season (LOS)-were estimated separately for El Nino and La Nina years by fitting difference logistic functions to split-sample time series of the MODIS enhanced vegetation index (for the period 2000-2011) and AVHRR-derived 3rd generation GIMMS NDVI (NDVI3g) for two temporal periods (2000-2011 and 1982-2011). El Nino events were associated with a significantly earlier SOS than La Nina events in most regions of the western U.S. ENSO-related differences in timing of the end of growing season were generally smaller and more heterogeneous. ENSO impacts on total length of the growing season tended to be spatially heterogeneous but mostly positive in El Nino years. Relative to La Nina events, El Nino events were generally associated with significantly higher NPP in each ecoregion (with mean differences ranging from 2 to 45 gC m(-2) year(-1)). The correlation between total annual production and the Southern Oscillation Index was highest in mid- to late-winter prior to the growing season, suggesting some predictive power in advance of the growing season. These results suggest that future intensification of the ENSO system could have serious consequences for terrestrial ecosystems in the western U.S., especially in regions where ENSO already has a strong impact on interannual climate variability and vegetation dynamics. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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