This study analyzes the change of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and precipitation for forest in
different ecological zones in China and their correlation over the period of 1982-2006. The specific aim of this paper was
to identify the changing trends of NDVI and precipitation and understand their relations, especially, on which duration
the precipitation influence NDVI strongly during growing season of forest in different ecological aspects. The results
showed that 1) the break points of NDVI and precipitation appeared in different years in most ecological zones, but in
temperate continental forest and temperate mountain system, they have a high degree of consistency; 2) the NDVI in
boreal coniferous forest, temperate mountain system and tropical moist deciduous forest showed a increasing trend
during 1982-2006 and the lowest value were appeared in different time and the precipitation in boreal coniferous forest
and temperate mountain system showed a decreasing trend; 3) the forest in different ecological zones has different
patterns with different periods and lags and the peak value of pearson correlation coefficients were showed in different
duration and lag, and NDVI and precipitation generally have the negative but weak relation.
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