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Bilateral coupling relationships between vegetation NDVI and multi-depth soil moisture in the Mongolian Plateau

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Název: Bilateral coupling relationships between vegetation NDVI and multi-depth soil moisture in the Mongolian Plateau
Autoři: Shubo Zhang, Siqin Tong, Jinyuan Ren, Gang Bao, Xiaojun Huang, Yuhai Bao, Dorjsuren Altantuya
Zdroj: International Journal of Digital Earth, Vol 18, Iss 1 (2025)
Informace o vydavateli: Informa UK Limited, 2025.
Rok vydání: 2025
Témata: Vegetation, granger causality, non-linear interactions, time-lag effects, Mathematical geography. Cartography, soil moisture, GA1-1776
Popis: Soil moisture governs vegetation growth and distribution, which in turn affects its dynamics through transpiration, interception, root water uptake, and soil structure improvement. Understanding these interactions is vital for effective ecosystem management and sustainable development. This study analyzes the interactions and lag effects between soil moisture at different depths and NDVI on the Mongolian Plateau from 1982–2022 using trend, correlation, and nonlinear Granger causality analyses. The results show that the significant increase in vegetation is accompanied by a notable decrease in soil moisture. Increased vegetation promotes shallow soil moisture retention but accelerates deep soil moisture depletion as drought intensifies, extending the lag time. Concurrently, while soil moisture generally positively affects NDVI, this relationship becomes negatively correlated in deeper layers. Overall, soil moisture had a causal relationship with NDVI in 65.7 to 76.9% of the areas, indicating broad influence by soil moisture. Conversely, vegetation exerted a regulatory effect on soil moisture in 38.9to 66.5% of the regions. As depth increased, bidirectional causality gradually weakened, transitioning to a unidirectional influence of soil moisture on NDVI. In arid regions, NDVI more significantly impacted deep soil moisture, highlighting the need for increased focus on vegetation's effect on water consumption.
Druh dokumentu: Article
Jazyk: English
ISSN: 1753-8955
1753-8947
DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2025.2532774
Přístupová URL adresa: https://doaj.org/article/d99e98d73b3c4af3a5ecb86f902a4f39
Rights: CC BY NC
Přístupové číslo: edsair.doi.dedup.....00782b03915a7fea7808ccfe21e93763
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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Abstrakt:Soil moisture governs vegetation growth and distribution, which in turn affects its dynamics through transpiration, interception, root water uptake, and soil structure improvement. Understanding these interactions is vital for effective ecosystem management and sustainable development. This study analyzes the interactions and lag effects between soil moisture at different depths and NDVI on the Mongolian Plateau from 1982–2022 using trend, correlation, and nonlinear Granger causality analyses. The results show that the significant increase in vegetation is accompanied by a notable decrease in soil moisture. Increased vegetation promotes shallow soil moisture retention but accelerates deep soil moisture depletion as drought intensifies, extending the lag time. Concurrently, while soil moisture generally positively affects NDVI, this relationship becomes negatively correlated in deeper layers. Overall, soil moisture had a causal relationship with NDVI in 65.7 to 76.9% of the areas, indicating broad influence by soil moisture. Conversely, vegetation exerted a regulatory effect on soil moisture in 38.9to 66.5% of the regions. As depth increased, bidirectional causality gradually weakened, transitioning to a unidirectional influence of soil moisture on NDVI. In arid regions, NDVI more significantly impacted deep soil moisture, highlighting the need for increased focus on vegetation's effect on water consumption.
ISSN:17538955
17538947
DOI:10.1080/17538947.2025.2532774