Zhang et al. (2026) The Response and Attribution of Vegetation Productivity to Drought Sensitivity in Northwest China

Identification

• Journal: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
• Year: 2026
• Date: 2026-01-01
• Authors: Lifeng Zhang, Yujie Ding, Yi He, Shengnan Yan, Xiaojuan Jiang, Yan Guo, Ling Ran
• DOI: 10.1109/jstars.2026.3663173

Research Groups

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Short Summary

This paper investigates how vegetation productivity in Northwest China responds to drought sensitivity and aims to attribute the observed changes.

Objective

• To analyze the response of vegetation productivity to drought sensitivity in Northwest China.
• To attribute the changes in vegetation productivity to drought sensitivity within the region.

Study Configuration

• Spatial Scale: Northwest China (a large regional scale).
• Temporal Scale: Not specified in the provided text, but typically multi-year to decadal periods are used for analyzing vegetation-drought relationships and trends.

Methodology and Data

• Models used: Not specified in the provided text.
• Data sources: Not specified in the provided text, but likely include satellite-derived vegetation indices (e.g., Normalized Difference Vegetation Index), meteorological data (e.g., precipitation, temperature), and drought indices.

Main Results

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Contributions

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Funding

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Citation

@article{Zhang2026Response,
  author = {Zhang, Lifeng and Ding, Yujie and He, Yi and Yan, Shengnan and Jiang, Xiaojuan and Guo, Yan and Ran, Ling},
  title = {The Response and Attribution of Vegetation Productivity to Drought Sensitivity in Northwest China},
  journal = {IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.1109/jstars.2026.3663173},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/jstars.2026.3663173}
}