Impacts of drought and heatwave on the terrestrial ecosystem in China as revealed by satellite solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence

The Science of the Total Environment
Xiaorong WangQian Zhang

Abstract

Droughts and heatwaves have been and will continue to bring large risks to terrestrial ecosystems. However, the understanding of how plants respond to drought and heatwave over broad spatial scales is still limited. In this paper, we use the 2009/2010 drought in Yunnan and the 2013 heatwave over southern China as case studies to investigate the potential of using satellite-observed solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) to monitor vegetation responses to drought and heatwave over broad spatial scales. The 2009/2010 drought onset follows a strong soil moisture deficit due to the yearlong below-normal precipitation in Yunnan from the autumn of 2009 to the spring of 2010. In the summer of 2013, southern China experienced the strongest heatwave due to the sudden temperature increase and rainfall deficit. The results show that SIF can reasonably capture the spatial and temporal dynamics of drought and heatwave development, as indicated by the large reduction in fluorescence yield (SIFyield). Moreover, SIFyield demonstrates a significant reduction and earlier response than traditional vegetation indices (enhanced vegetation index, EVI) during the early stages of drought and heatwave events. For both study areas, the spatial and...Continue Reading

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