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The Chinese Terrestrial Vegetation Distribution Assessment on Mar.30, 2007

Author：Heyong 2007-04-25

The Chinese Terrestrial Vegetation Distribution Assessment on Mar.30, 2007

Based on the data of EOS\MODIS on Mar.30, 2007, the terrestrial average LAI in China is 0.6 and the average values of different provinces shown in the table 1.

Chinese terrestrial vegetation mainly distributes in the southeast part of southwestern region of China, the south part of Huanghuai, Janghuai, Southern Yangtze River in addition to the southeastern regions of Xizang province. the terrestrial vegetation distribution condition is better in the areas of Taiwan, Hainan, Yunnan, Fujian, Zhejiang，Guangdong, Jiangxi provinces and HongKong, whose LAI are higher than 1. (figure 1).

Fig.2 The average LAI of every province in China in Mar.30, 2007

Beijing	0.217	Hunan	0.636
Tianjin	0.128	Guangdong	1.039
Hebei	0.192	Guangxi	0.810
Shanxi	0.175	Hainan	1.901
Inner Mongolia	0.129	Chongqing	0.496
Liaoning	0.175	Sichuan	0.541
Jilin	0.205	Guizhou	0.531
Heilongjiang	0.174	Yunnan	1.605
Shanghai	0.594	Xizang	0.277
Jiangsu	0.724	Shanxi	0.327
Zhejiang	1.201	Gansu	0.187
Anhui	0.823	Qinghai	0.137
Fujian	1.515	Ningxia	0.119
Jiangxi	1.022	Xinjiang	0.077
Shandong	0.339	Taiwan	2.787
Henan	0.737	Hongkong	1.335
Hubei	0.592

Fig.1 The average LAI variation in China since Jan.1, 2007

Fig.1 The Chinese terrestrial vegetation distribution on Mar.30, 2007

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