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Temperature and vegetation seasonality diminishment over northern lands

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  • L. Xu

    (Boston University)

  • R. B. Myneni

    (Boston University)

  • F. S. Chapin III

    (Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks)

  • T. V. Callaghan

    (Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
    University of Sheffield)

  • J. E. Pinzon

    (Biospheric Sciences Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

  • C. J. Tucker

    (Biospheric Sciences Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

  • Z. Zhu

    (Boston University)

  • J. Bi

    (Boston University)

  • P. Ciais

    (Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ)

  • H. Tømmervik

    (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Fram-High North Research Center for Climate and the Environment)

  • E. S. Euskirchen

    (Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks)

  • B. C. Forbes

    (Arctic Centre, University of Lapland)

  • S. L. Piao

    (Peking University
    Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • B. T. Anderson

    (Boston University)

  • S. Ganguly

    (Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, NASA Ames Research Center)

  • R. R. Nemani

    (Ames Research Center)

  • S. J. Goetz

    (The Woods Hole Research Center)

  • P. S. A. Beck

    (The Woods Hole Research Center)

  • A. G. Bunn

    (Huxley College, Western Washington University)

  • C. Cao

    (State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    School of Resource and Environment, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

  • J. C. Stroeve

    (National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado)

Abstract

Pronounced increases in winter temperature result in lower seasonal temperature differences, with implications for vegetation seasonality and productivity. Research now indicates that temperature and vegetation seasonality in northern ecosystems have diminished to an extent equivalent to a southerly shift of 4°– 7° in latitude, and may reach the equivalent of up to 20° over the twenty-first century.

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  • L. Xu & R. B. Myneni & F. S. Chapin III & T. V. Callaghan & J. E. Pinzon & C. J. Tucker & Z. Zhu & J. Bi & P. Ciais & H. Tømmervik & E. S. Euskirchen & B. C. Forbes & S. L. Piao & B. T. Anderson & S. , 2013. "Temperature and vegetation seasonality diminishment over northern lands," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 3(6), pages 581-586, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:3:y:2013:i:6:d:10.1038_nclimate1836
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1836
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