Comparison of Satellite and Ground-Based Phenology in China’s Temperate Monsoon Area

Table 3

The start of season (SOS) and coefficient of variation (1982–2006) averaged from the results of the five methods for each vegetation type.

Vegetation types	Number of pixels	Mean DOY	Mean SOS	Mean CV
Needleleaf forest	2496	119	4/28	0.069
Mixed forest	263	119	4/27	0.060
Broadleaf forest	4783	119	4/28	0.069
Scrub	1474	121	4/30	0.088
Steppe	401	138	5/16	0.088
Grass-forb	793	123	5/2	0.124
Meadow	1276	125	5/4	0.064
Swamp vegetation	619	124	5/2	0.063
Alpine vegetation	3	125	5/3	0.067