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Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2021, Vol. 18, No. 5, pp. 111-122

Long-term changes in spectral response of abandoned agricultural lands in various climate and environmental conditions of European Russia in the early 21st century

E.A. Terekhin 1 
1 Belgorod State National Research University, Belgorod, Russia
Accepted: 11.08.2021
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2021-18-5-111-122
This paper describes the satellite-derived long-term dynamics of NDVI vegetation index in 2000–2018 for abandoned agricultural lands in 6 geographical subzones of European Russia. The studied natural subzones successively replace each other from north to south from the forest zone to the steppe zone. The studied subzones characterize the change in natural conditions from the forest to the steppe natural zone. The spatial change in the NDVI values averaged over the growing season is similar to the change in the share of forest vegetation in abandoned agricultural lands. The largest forest cover and the highest vegetation index were found in the south of the forest zone - in the subzone of broad-leaved pine forests. The lowest values of both indicators are typical for the steppe zone, the subzone of bunchgrass steppes. The abandoned agricultural lands of the forest-steppe zone are characterized by the most significant intrazonal differences in the vegetation index dynamics. The current values of the vegetation index are higher than its average long-term values for the abandoned lands of all the studied natural zones. A positive statistically significant trend in the vegetation index characterizes the formation of forest vegetation on abandoned agricultural lands. Statistically significant dynamics of NDVI was established for the forest zone and the subzone of the northern forest-steppe. There were no statistically significant trends in the vegetation index in the south of the forest-steppe zone and in the steppe zone.
Keywords: abandoned agricultural lands, European Russia, natural zone, vegetation indices, spectral response, remote sensing
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