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The Spatial Pattern of Soil Moisture in Northern Tibet Based on TVDI Method

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  • 1. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, State Key Lab of Resources and Environmental Information System, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China;
    2. Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China;
    3. The Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong;
    4. Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture;Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China

Received date: 2011-01-01

  Revised date: 2011-04-01

  Online published: 2011-05-25

Abstract

Using enhanced vegetation index (EVI) and land surface temperature (LST) dataset derived from TERRA/MODIS synthetic products MOD13 A2 (16-day composite, DOY 209 in 2010) and MOD11 A2 (8-day composite, DOY 209 and 217 in 2010), the LST-EVI two-dimensional characteristic space was constructed, and then TVDI (temperature-vegetation drought index) was extracted to indicate the top-soil moisture of northern Tibet. Furthermore, the simulated soil moisture was verified by synchronously measured data in the field. The two groups of data showed a strong relationship and the correlation coefficient got through the 0.05 significance level. Then the spatial pattern and heterogeneity of soil moisture in the studied area were further analyzed, and the results showed: (1) the TVDI values of pixels in northern Tibet proved to have a statistically normal distribution, and the soil moisture in eastern region, central region and western region respectively showed wet, normal and dry situations; (2) evident difference in soil moisture existed in different climatic zones, and the soil moisture in the mountain and valley-in-valley structured Nagqu sub-arctic and sub-humid zone was the highest and that in southern Qinghai sub arctic and semiarid zone was the lowest; (3) the spatial distribution of soil moisture in the area was obviously affected by the altitude. The soil moisture in the region below 4500 m showed a negative correlation with the altitude and the correlation was positive in the region higher than 4500 m.

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SSONG Chunqiao, YOU Songcai, LIU Gaohuan, KE Linghong, ZHONG Xinke . The Spatial Pattern of Soil Moisture in Northern Tibet Based on TVDI Method[J]. PROGRESS IN GEOGRAPHY, 2011 , 30(5) : 569 -576 . DOI: 10.11820/dlkxjz.2011.05.008

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