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Lars Eklundh

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New satellite-based estimates show significant trends in spring phenology and complex sensitivities to temperature and precipitation at northern European latitudes

Författare

  • Hongxiao Jin
  • Anna Maria Jönsson
  • Cecilia Olsson
  • Johan Lindström
  • Per Jönsson
  • Lars Eklundh

Summary, in English


Recent climate warming has altered plant phenology at northern European latitudes, but conclusions regarding the spatial patterns of phenological change and relationships with climate are still challenging as quantitative estimates are strongly diverging. To generate consistent estimates of broad-scale spatially continuous spring plant phenology at northern European latitudes (> 50° N) from 2000 to 2016, we used a novel vegetation index, the plant phenology index (PPI), derived from MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data. To obtain realistic and strong estimates, the phenology trends and their relationships with temperature and precipitation over the past 17 years were analyzed using a panel data method. We found that in the studied region the start of the growing season (SOS) has on average advanced by 0.30 day year
−1
. The SOS showed an overall advancement rate of 2.47 day °C
−1
to spring warming, and 0.18 day cm
−1
to decreasing precipitation in spring. The previous winter and summer temperature had important effects on the SOS but were spatially heterogeneous. Overall, the onset of SOS was delayed 0.66 day °C
−1
by winter warming and 0.56 day °C
−1
by preceding summer warming. The precipitation in winter and summer influenced the SOS in a relatively weak and complex manner. The findings indicate rapid recent phenological changes driven by combined seasonal climates in northern Europe. Previously unknown spatial patterns of phenological change and relationships with climate drivers are presented that improve our capacity to understand and foresee future climate effects on vegetation.

Avdelning/ar

  • Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap
  • BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate
  • Matematisk statistik
  • MERGE: ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system
  • eSSENCE: The e-Science Collaboration

Publiceringsår

2019-02-25

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

763-775

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volym

63

Issue

6

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Springer

Ämne

  • Ecology
  • Physical Geography

Nyckelord

  • Climate sensitivity
  • Northern European latitudes
  • Plant phenology index (PPI)
  • Remote sensing
  • Spring phenology trend

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0020-7128