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The Chinese Terrestrial Vegetation Distribution Assessment on Apr.6, 2008

Source： National Climate Center Author：Heyong 2008-05-07

The Chinese Terrestrial Vegetation Distribution Assessment on Apr.6, 2008

Based on the data of EOS\MODIS on Apr.6, 2008, 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 northwest, the southeast part of southwestern region of China, the south part of Huanghuai, Janghuai, Southern Yangtze River, the east part of South China in addition to the southeastern regions of Xizang province. the terrestrial vegetation distribution condition is better in the areas of Taiwan, Fujian, Yunnan, Hainan, Guangdong, Zhejiang provinces and HongKong, whose LAI are higher than 1. (figure 1).

Fig.2 The average LAI of every province in China in Apr.6, 2008

Beijing	0.234	Hunan	0.486
Tianjin	0.142	Guangdong	1.169
Hebei	0.181	Guangxi	0.694
Shanxi	0.158	Hainan	1.390
Inner Mongolia	0.173	Chongqing	0.391
Liaoning	0.185	Sichuan	0.452
Jilin	0.242	Guizhou	0.350
Heilongjiang	0.232	Yunnan	1.550
Shanghai	0.530	Xizang	0.257
Jiangsu	0.657	Shanxi	0.298
Zhejiang	1.038	Gansu	0.163
Anhui	0.769	Qinghai	0.118
Fujian	1.585	Ningxia	0.101
Jiangxi	0.852	Xinjiang	0.078
Shandong	0.261	Taiwan	2.620
Henan	0.554	Hongkong	1.938
Hubei	0.527

Fig.1 The average LAI variation in China since Jan.1, 2008

Fig.1 The Chinese terrestrial vegetation distribution on Apr.6, 2008

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