Vegetation Dynamics and Their Response to Climatic Variability in China

Table 1

Annual max NDVI change trend from 1998 to 2013 in China and its different regions.

Regions	Pixel statistics	Significant increase	Increase	No trend	Decrease	Significant decrease
China	Number of pixels	1398389	5922814	4278827	422499	57396
	Percent of total area	11.58	49.03	35.42	3.5	0.48
YR	Number of pixels	42993	393374	806013	414920	27033
	Percent of total area	2.62	23.93	49.03	25.24	1.64
NEC	Number of pixels	18370	322610	837153	442289	127818
	Percent of total area	1.08	18.98	49.26	26.02	7.52
NC	Number of pixels	109642	563586	737848	519435	168615
	Percent of total area	5.31	27.29	35.73	25.15	8.16
SC	Number of pixels	9358	69245	198404	209672	67465
	Percent of total area	1.73	12.83	36.77	38.86	12.5
NWC	Number of pixels	274604	2361421	654802	181404	27348
	Percent of total area	7.92	68.11	18.89	5.23	0.79
SWC	Number of pixels	60608	532593	1130610	744500	271650
	Percent of total area	2.28	20	42.46	27.96	10.2