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The Chinese Terrestrial Vegetation Distribution Assessment on Dec.27, 2007

Source：the Climate Center Author：Heyong 2008-01-12

The Chinese Terrestrial Vegetation Distribution Assessment on Dec.27, 2007

Based on the data of EOS\MODIS on Dec.27, 2007, the terrestrial average LAI in China is 0.4, and the average values of different provinces shown in the table 1.

Chinese terrestrial vegetation mainly distributes in the northwest part of the southwest region of china, the south part of the South Chinain addition to the southeast part of the Qingzang altiplano. the terrestrial vegetation distribution condition is better in the areas of Taiwan, Fujian, Hainan, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Yunnan provinces and HongKong, whose LAI are higher than 2.0. (figure 1).

Fig.2 The average LAI of every province in China in Dec.27, 2007

Beijing	1.054	Hunan	1.429
Tianjin	0.683	Guangdong	1.846
Hebei	0.713	Guangxi	1.659
Shanxi	0.622	Hainan	2.116
Inner Mongolia	0.538	Chongqing	1.181
Liaoning	0.820	Sichuan	0.935
Jilin	0.973	Guizhou	1.020
Heilongjiang	1.111	Yunnan	1.651
Shanghai	0.920	Xizang	0.388
Jiangsu	1.102	Shanxi	0.970
Zhejiang	1.973	Gansu	0.552
Anhui	1.405	Qinghai	0.355
Fujian	2.356	Ningxia	0.278
Jiangxi	1.833	Xinjiang	0.325
Shandong	0.743	Taiwan	3.088
Henan	1.066	Hongkong	2.388
Hubei	1.310

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

Fig.1 The Chinese terrestrial vegetation distribution on Dec.27, 2007

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