💻 Characteristics of the #SpringPhenology on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP)
Methods: #BoostedRegressionTrees
1️⃣ Shortwave radiation or/and elevation were key drivers
2️⃣ The altitude⬆️, the impact of #StrongRadiation⬇️
https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtae114

Using #SatelliteData from 2001 to 2018, Fandong Meng et al. employed the #NormalizedDifferenceVegetationIndex for vegetation structural greenness and solar-induced #ChlorophyllFluorescence for vegetation functional #Photosynthesis to analyze #SpringPhenology on the #Qinghai-TibetanPlateau.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtae114

Plant development Spring 2024
- together with that of 1961, it was the earliest since 1954 - a report by our colleagues at MeteoSwiss.
Please follow one of the links below for the complete post (as Switzerland still does not have an English-speaking canton, you will need to consult a translation tool of your choice)
German: https://www.meteoschweiz.admin.ch/ueber-uns/meteoschweiz-blog/de/2024/06/fruehlingsindex-2024.html
French: https://www.meteosuisse.admin.ch/portrait/meteosuisse-blog/fr/2024/06/indice-du-printemps-2024.html
Italian: https://www.meteosvizzera.admin.ch/chi-siamo/meteosvizzera-blog/it/2024/06/indice-di-primavera-2024.html
#phenology #meteoschweiz #pep725 #springphenology