Inter-annual variation of NDVI over Korea Peninsula using harmonic analysis

In-hwan Kim; Kyung-Soo Han; Kyoung-Jin Pi; Soo-Jae Park; Sang-Il Kim

doi:10.1117/12.868555

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22 October 2010 Inter-annual variation of NDVI over Korea Peninsula using harmonic analysis

In-hwan Kim, Kyung-Soo Han, Kyoung-Jin Pi, Soo-Jae Park, Sang-Il Kim

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Proceedings Volume 7824, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology XII; 78240B (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.868555
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2010, Toulouse, France

Abstract

Global warming and climatic changes due to human activities impact on marine and terrestrial ecosystems, which feedbacks to climate system. These negative feedbacks amplify or accelerate again global climate change. In particular, life cycle of vegetation sensitively vary according to global climate change. This study attempts to analyze quantitatively vegetation change in Korea peninsula using harmonic analysis. Satellite data was extracted from SPOT/VEGETATION S10 MVC (Maximum Value Composite) NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) products during 10 years (1999 to 2008) around Korea peninsula. This NDVI data set was pre-processed to correct noise pixels cause by cloud and ground wetness. Variation of vegetation life cycle was analyzed through amplitudes and phases of annual harmonic components (first harmonic components) per year for two land cover types (cropland and forest). The results clearly show that the peak of vegetation life cycle in Korea peninsula is brought forward to early. Especially, it represents that the phases over low latitudes area between 32.8°N and 38°N steadily decrease every year both forest and cropland. The study estimated that phase values moved up approximately 0.5 day per year in cropland and 0.8 day per year in forest.

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In-hwan Kim, Kyung-Soo Han, Kyoung-Jin Pi, Soo-Jae Park, and Sang-Il Kim "Inter-annual variation of NDVI over Korea Peninsula using harmonic analysis", Proc. SPIE 7824, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology XII, 78240B (22 October 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.868555

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