Beijing Climate Centre

The Chinese Terrestrial Vegetation Distribution Assessment on Sep. 30, 2006

2006-10-19

Based on the data of EOS\MODIS on September 30, 2006, the terrestrial average LAI in China is 1.2, 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.30, 2006

Beijing	1.405	Hunan	1.689
Tianjin	0.699	Guangdong	1.612
Hebei	0.931	Guangxi	1.345
Shanxi	0.827	Hainan	2.501
Inner Mongolia	0.727	Chongqing	1.713
Liaoning	1.316	Sichuan	1.239
Jilin	1.658	Guizhou	1.262
Heilongjiang	1.663	Yunnan	1.904
Shanghai	0.674	Xizang	0.432
Jiangsu	0.989	Shanxi	1.340
Zhejiang	2.481	Gansu	0.694
Anhui	1.540	Qinghai	0.458
Fujian	2.976	Ningxia	0.308
Jiangxi	2.075	Xinjiang	0.359
Shandong	0.793	Taiwan	2.714
Henan	1.001	Hongkong	1.910
Hubei	1.609

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

Fig.2 The Chinese terrestrial vegetation distribution on Sep.30, 2006