Beijing Climate Centre

Chinese Terrestrial Vegetation Distribution Assessment on Aug. 21, 2006

2006-09-13

Based on the data of EOSMODIS on August 21, 2006, the terrestrial average LAI in China is 1.7, and the average values of different provinces shown in the table 1.

Chinese terrestrial vegetation mainly distributes in the middle and east regions of China and the west part of Xinjiang, the terrestrial vegetation distribution condition is better in the areas of Fujian, Taiwan, Hannan and Zhejiang provinces, whose LAI are higher than 2. (figure 2).

Fig.2 The average LAI of every province in China in Aug.21, 2006

Beijing	1.25	Hunan	1.52
Tianjin	0.574	Guangdong	1.472
Hebei	0.837	Guangxi	1.162
Shanxi	0.765	Hainan	2.402
Inner Mongolia	0.693	Chongqing	1.646
Liaoning	1.132	Sichuan	1.227
Jilin	1.442	Guizhou	1.145
Heilongjiang	1.521	Yunnan	1.853
Shanghai	0.632	Xizang	0.411
Jiangsu	0.904	Shanxi	1.312
Zhejiang	2.404	Gansu	0.675
Anhui	1.479	Qinghai	0.429
Fujian	2.838	Ningxia	0.289
Jiangxi	1.923	Xinjiang	0.352
Shandong	0.718	Taiwan	2.644
Henan	0.982	Hongkong	1.802
Hubei	1.515

Fig.1 The average LAI variation in China since Jan.1, 2006

Fig.2 The Chinese terrestrial vegetation distribution on Aug.21, 2006

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