Beijing Climate Centre

The Chinese Terrestrial Vegetation Distribution Assessment on Sep. 14, 2006

2006-09-28

Based on the data of EOS\MODIS on September 14, 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 Sep.14, 2006

Beijing	1.378	Hunan	1.608
Tianjin	0.660	Guangdong	1.531
Hebei	0.921	Guangxi	1.267
Shanxi	0.824	Hainan	2.468
Inner Mongolia	0.740	Chongqing	1.720
Liaoning	1.278	Sichuan	1.259
Jilin	1.614	Guizhou	1.233
Heilongjiang	1.668	Yunnan	1.891
Shanghai	0.654	Xizang	0.429
Jiangsu	0.959	Shanxi	1.371
Zhejiang	2.420	Gansu	0.707
Anhui	1.518	Qinghai	0.463
Fujian	2.878	Ningxia	0.311
Jiangxi	1.988	Xinjiang	0.360
Shandong	0.790	Taiwan	2.662
Henan	1.011	Hongkong	1.826
Hubei	1.586

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

Fig.2 The Chinese terrestrial vegetation distribution on Sep.14, 2006

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