Terrestrial vegetation dynamics [in "State of the Climate in 2019"]

Fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (FAPAR) anomalies exhibited significant regional variations in vegetation conditions worldwide in 2019. The greatest negative anomalies (not favorable for vegetation) were observed in Australia, southern Africa, Kostanay (northern Kazakhstan), and eastern Russia (from Krasnoyarsk eastward around 60°N). Local negative anomalies affected northern China, Iowa and Wisconsin (United States), Bahia State (Brazil), Bolivia, La Pampa (Argentina), and Kenya. The greatest positive anomaly was again observed in eastern China, as during the last four years, northern India (Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Punjab), Bangladesh, Syria, and northern Iraq. To a lesser magnitude, the entire central region of the African continent and the region surrounding the Black Hills (South Dakota, United States) also had positive deviations.

GOBRON Nadine; 

2020-09-01

AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC

JRC120966

0003-0007 (online),   

https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/publications/bulletin-of-the-american-meteorological-society-bams/state-of-the-climate/,    https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC120966,   

10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0104.1 (online),