Global vegetation productivity responses to the West Pacific Warm Pool

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Huang, Mei

作者： Huang, Mei;Wang, Zhaosheng;Wang, Shaoqiang;Gong, He;Hao, Man;Gu, Fengxue;Shao, Yaping

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关键词： West Pacific; Warm pool; Climate index; NPP; NDVI; Teleconnection

期刊名称：SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT （ 影响因子：7.963； 五年影响因子：7.842 ）

ISSN： 0048-9697

年卷期： 2019 年 655 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Sea surface temperatures (SSTs) strongly influence atmospheric circulation and the Earth's climate, which in turn significantly affects vegetation productivity. Most of the previous studies on the subject have focused on links between the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and vegetation productivity, but few studies have addressed the effects of West Pacific Warm Pool (WPWP) on that although the early stages of the ENSO phenomenon may first develop there. In this paper, we use the mean SST values in the WPWP to construct a climate index, known as the WPWP index (WPI), and study the impacts of the WPWP on global vegetation productivity. We provide evidence for a robust link among the alternating warm and cool WPI pattern, terrestrial vegetation productivity and carbon balance. The analysis is based on both satellite observations and model simulations. The results of this study show that the warm and cool WPWP phases have inverse effects on land surface temperature and precipitation. A warm (cool) WPWP is associated with a warmer (cooler) climate on global land surfaces as well as a drier (wetter) climate in southern hemisphere, and hence enhances (suppresses) vegetation productivity in the latitudes of approximately 10-70 degrees N and suppresses (enhances) vegetation growth in the latitudes of approximately 10-30 degrees S. The underlying mechanism is also discussed. The WPI serves as a meaningful climate index for studying the ocean-vegetation teleconnections. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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