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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-2637-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-2637-2025
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10 Jun 2025
Research article |  | 10 Jun 2025

Duration of vegetation green-up response to snowmelt on the Tibetan Plateau

Jingwen Ni, Jin Chen, Yao Tang, Jingyi Xu, Jiahui Xu, Linxin Dong, Qingyu Gu, Bailang Yu, Jianping Wu, and Yan Huang

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The effect of snowmelt on vegetation is not immediate but has a mean response lag of 38.5 d. As precipitation and snowmelt increase, the response time shortens. More complex than these factors, temperature shortens the response time in colder regions while lengthening it in warmer areas. Furthermore, vegetation in arid regions is more dependent on water than heat, and low-vegetation areas rely more on sub-snow habitats than external climatic factors.
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