Warming, increase in precipitation, and irrigation enhance greening in High Mountain Asia

Fadji Zaouna Maina; Sujay V. Kumar; Clement Albergel; Sarith P. Mahanama

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00374-0

Communications Earth & Environment (Feb 2022)

Warming, increase in precipitation, and irrigation enhance greening in High Mountain Asia

Fadji Zaouna Maina,
Sujay V. Kumar,
Clement Albergel,
Sarith P. Mahanama

Affiliations

Fadji Zaouna Maina: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Hydrological Sciences Laboratory
Sujay V. Kumar: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Hydrological Sciences Laboratory
Clement Albergel: European Space Agency Climate Office, ECSAT, Harwell Campus
Sarith P. Mahanama: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Hydrological Sciences Laboratory

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00374-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Greening in high mountain Asia between 2003 and 2020 was driven by warming at high elevations, increased precipitation in forested regions and enhanced irrigation in croplands, according to a multivariate analysis of remote sensing data.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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