No trends in spring and autumn phenology during the global warming hiatus

Xufeng Wang; Jingfeng Xiao; Xin Li; Guodong Cheng; Mingguo Ma; Gaofeng Zhu; M. Altaf Arain; T. Andrew Black; Rachhpal S. Jassal

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-10235-8

Nature Communications (Jun 2019)

No trends in spring and autumn phenology during the global warming hiatus

Xufeng Wang,
Jingfeng Xiao,
Xin Li,
Guodong Cheng,
Mingguo Ma,
Gaofeng Zhu,
M. Altaf Arain,
T. Andrew Black,
Rachhpal S. Jassal

Affiliations

Xufeng Wang: Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing of Gansu Province, Heihe Remote Sensing Experimental Research Station, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jingfeng Xiao: Earth Systems Research Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire
Xin Li: Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guodong Cheng: Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing of Gansu Province, Heihe Remote Sensing Experimental Research Station, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mingguo Ma: School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University
Gaofeng Zhu: Key Laboratory of Western China’s Environmental Systems (Ministry of Education), Lanzhou University
M. Altaf Arain: School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University
T. Andrew Black: Biometeorology and Soil Physics Group, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia
Rachhpal S. Jassal: Biometeorology and Soil Physics Group, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10235-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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A global warming hiatus occurred during 1998 and 2012 but its effects on phenology are unclear. Here the authors examine the trends in spring and autumn phenology in the northern hemisphere and the effects of the warming hiatus and show that phenology change rate in the northern hemisphere slowed down during the warming hiatus.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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