Grassland Phenology Dynamics in China with Climate and Topography Factors, 2001-2019

GeoDetector analysis reveals that the start of season for Chinese grasslands delays markedly at elevations exceeding 4 kilometers and slopes greater than 25 degrees. This dataset likely contains spatiotemporal data on grassland phenology metrics like start of season and end of season, correlated with seasonal climate factors and topography across China. It was created by Zhiyuan Gong and covers the period from 2001 to 2019.

Use Cases

• Modeling grassland phenology responses based on seasonal temperature, precipitation, and evapotranspiration data
• Analyzing topographic influences on vegetation cycles based on elevation, slope, and aspect variables
• Quantifying interaction effects between climate and terrain on ecosystem timing based on GeoDetector results

Strengths

• Covers a 19-year time range from 2001 to 2019
• Analyzes interactions between multiple seasonal climate factors and topographic variables
• Released under the permissive CC-BY-4.0 license

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data is provided as a 4.1 MB DOCX file, which may require format conversion for analysis

Provenance

Source

Zhiyuan Gong

Collection Method

Analysis using GeoDetector, spatial analysis, and trend analysis methods on likely remote sensing data

Time Range

2001 to 2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 05:26:31; freshness should be verified

Geography

China