How geological factors affect vegetation responses to drought: a study from the Qinling Mountains, China

Published: 25 September 2025| Version 1 | DOI: 10.17632/mrt73yp2b3.1
Contributor:

Description

The data sets used in the work are all open-access and available as listed below: EVI, LAI and GPP data were obtained from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) dataset provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) at https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search. Vegetation type data were obtained from the 1:1 million scale vegetation dataset of China provided by the National Cryosphere Desert Data Center. Vegetation type data were obtained from the 1:1 million scale vegetation of China provided by the National Cryosphere Desert Data Center (NCDC) https://www.ncdc.ac.cn/portal/metadata/20d2728d-8845-4a8b-a546-5f4f50fb036d. Natural and planted forest distribution data were obtained from the map of China's planted forests developed by Cheng Moumou (Cheng, Su et al. 2023). Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data from NASA Space Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov. Rock distribution data from 1:500,000 geological map provided by China Geological Survey (CGS) http://geochina.cgs.gov.cn/. Bedrock depth data are from Yan Moumou. Bedrock depth data are from the 100m resolution bedrock depth map of China developed by Yan Moumou http://globalchange.bnu.edu.cn/research/cdtb.jsp. Air temperature, precipitation and evapotranspiration data are from the 1km resolution monthly average climate data of China from 1901-2023 provided by the China Tibetan Plateau Science Data Center (CTPSSDC). 1km resolution month-by-month average climate dataset https://data.tpdc.ac.cn. Surface soil elemental content data are from the Chinese soil organic matter dataset provided by the Space-Time Tertiary Data Center https://poles.tpdc.ac.cn.

Files

Categories

Ecology, Geology, Drought

Licence