Researchers Investigate New Canopy Clumping Indices to Measure the Vegetation Foliage Distribution Using Optical Instruments

Prof. FANG Hongliang and his team propose several new ACI metrics and analyze the new metrics using the seasonal data measured at paddy rice fields in northeast China. The new ACI metrics can be applied in the canopy radiative transfer modeling and in t...

Study Shows Spatiotemporal Dynamics of the Chinese Vegetation Net Primary Productivity from the 1960s to the 2000s

Regional estimates of NPP are not only important variables with which to characterize vegetation activities, but also strongly influence the dynamics of the regional and global carbon cycle . Prof. ZHANG Hongqi's lab at the Institute of Geographic Scien...

Researchers Propose Multiscale Adaptive Sparse Representation to Reconstruct Missing Remote Sensing Information

Reconstructing missing Remote Sensing ( RS ) information caused by poor atmospheric conditions and defective sensors may improve the availability of RS data .These works were published in Sensors and Remote Sensing Letters . Many studies have been dedic...

Global Vegetation Clumping Index Products (8-day, 500 m) released

The spatial distribution of vegetation foliage greatly affects the estimation of gross primary productivity (GPP) and evapotranspiration (ET) from various ecosystem and land surface models. Canopy clumping index (CI), a proxy of foliage spatial distribu...

Research Displays the Geographical Environment for Food Safe Production in China

Prof. WANG Wuyi’s group at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences displays the geographical distribution of food safety related environmental problems including the application of chemical ferti...

Theory Suggests Root Efficiency, Independence Drove Global Spread of Flora

Researchers suggest that plants spread worldwide thanks to root adaptations that allowed them to become more efficient and independent. As plant species spread, roots became thinner so they could more efficiently explore poor soils for nutrients, and th...

CAS Researchers Reveal Relationship between Canopy Leaf Area Index and Clumping Index over Broadleaf Crops

Prof. FANG Hongliang and his team carried out a seasonal canopy leaf area index and clumping index measurements and revealed relationships between them over broadleaf crops.

Scientists Probe Arsenic Cycle and Bioconversion in Terrestrial Ecosystems

Researchers Propose a New Regionalization Scheme for Effective Ecological Restoration on the Loess Plateau in China

Researchers Develop an Intelligent Decision Support System for Sustainable Development of Mega-urban Agglomerations

Prof. FANG Chuanglin and his team develop an intelligent decision support system using a spatiotemporal dynamic coupling model for sustainable development of mega-urban agglomerations.