IMPACT OF THE OCEANS ON GEOGRAPHICAL ZONES STUDIED BY THE REMOTE SENSING DATA ON PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Abstract
The impact of the Atlantic andArcticoceans on land vegetation was studied using the NDVI data which indicate the amount of photosynthetically active plant mass. The information was generalized by two profiles crossing the territory ofEuropealong 50° N and 57° E. The profiles provide for the maximum representation of the plant communities range and the effects of the impact of each ocean by itself. In summer the cooling effect of the Atlantic Ocean reaches the distance of about2500 km, i.e. to the foreststeppes ofWestern Ukraine. Variations of annual bioproductivity grow from the Atlantic coast to the inner regions with a sharp increase near the western limit of the forest-steppe zone and in the Trans-Volga region. The NDVI values along the longitudinal profile in the eastern part ofEuropealso increase with the greater distance from the sea coast reaching their maximum at the northern limit of the forest-steppe zone. The vegetation cover ofEuropeshows a differentiated response to recent climate changes, both in space and in time. In the summers of 1981–2011 the plant productivity generally increased except for the sea coasts and the south-eastern part of the sub-continent.
About the Authors
K. N. Diakonov
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Faculty of Geography, Department of Physical Geography and Landscape Science
Head of the Department, Corresponding Member of the RAS, Professor ,
D. A. Varlygin
Geospatial Data Analysis Corporation
United States
Chief Scientist
United States
Chief Scientist
A. Yu. Retejum
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Faculty of Geography, Department of Physical Geography and Landscape Science
Professor
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Diakonov K.N., Varlygin D.A., Retejum A.Yu. IMPACT OF THE OCEANS ON GEOGRAPHICAL ZONES STUDIED BY THE REMOTE SENSING DATA ON PHOTOSYNTHESIS. Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Seriya 5, Geografiya. 2017;1(2):11-15. (In Russ.)
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