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subject: Persistent hot and dry conditions play an important role in vegetation dynamics, being generally associated with reduced activity. In the Mediterranean region, ecosystems are adapted to such conditions. However, prolonged and intense heat and drought or the occurrence of compound hot and dry events may still have a negative impact on vegetation activity. This work aims to study how the productivity of Mediterranean vegetation is affected by hot and dry events, examining a set of severe episodes that occurred in three different regions (Iberian Peninsula, Eastern Mediterranean and Western Europe) between 2001 and 2019. The analysis relies on remote sensing products, namely Gross Primary Production from MODIS to detect and monitor vegetative stress and LST from MODIS and SM from ESA CCI to evaluate the influence of temperature and soil water availability on stressed vegetation. Of all events, the 2005 episode in the Iberian Peninsula was the most significant, affecting large sectors of low tree cover areas and crops and leading to reductions of annual plant productivity in affected vegetation of ~47 TgC/year. The obtained results highlight the influence of land-atmosphere coupling on vegetation productivity and clarified the role of warm springs on vegetation activity and soil moisture that may amplify summer temperatures. The functional recovery of affected vegetation productivity after these episodes varied across events, ranging from months to years. This work highlights the influence of hot and dry events on vegetation productivity in the Mediterranean basin and the usefulness of remote-sensing products to assess the response of different land covers to such episodes.
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cp:subject: Persistent hot and dry conditions play an important role in vegetation dynamics, being generally associated with reduced activity. In the Mediterranean region, ecosystems are adapted to such conditions. However, prolonged and intense heat and drought or the occurrence of compound hot and dry events may still have a negative impact on vegetation activity. This work aims to study how the productivity of Mediterranean vegetation is affected by hot and dry events, examining a set of severe episodes that occurred in three different regions (Iberian Peninsula, Eastern Mediterranean and Western Europe) between 2001 and 2019. The analysis relies on remote sensing products, namely Gross Primary Production from MODIS to detect and monitor vegetative stress and LST from MODIS and SM from ESA CCI to evaluate the influence of temperature and soil water availability on stressed vegetation. Of all events, the 2005 episode in the Iberian Peninsula was the most significant, affecting large sectors of low tree cover areas and crops and leading to reductions of annual plant productivity in affected vegetation of ~47 TgC/year. The obtained results highlight the influence of land-atmosphere coupling on vegetation productivity and clarified the role of warm springs on vegetation activity and soil moisture that may amplify summer temperatures. The functional recovery of affected vegetation productivity after these episodes varied across events, ranging from months to years. This work highlights the influence of hot and dry events on vegetation productivity in the Mediterranean basin and the usefulness of remote-sensing products to assess the response of different land covers to such episodes.
pdf:docinfo:subject: Persistent hot and dry conditions play an important role in vegetation dynamics, being generally associated with reduced activity. In the Mediterranean region, ecosystems are adapted to such conditions. However, prolonged and intense heat and drought or the occurrence of compound hot and dry events may still have a negative impact on vegetation activity. This work aims to study how the productivity of Mediterranean vegetation is affected by hot and dry events, examining a set of severe episodes that occurred in three different regions (Iberian Peninsula, Eastern Mediterranean and Western Europe) between 2001 and 2019. The analysis relies on remote sensing products, namely Gross Primary Production from MODIS to detect and monitor vegetative stress and LST from MODIS and SM from ESA CCI to evaluate the influence of temperature and soil water availability on stressed vegetation. Of all events, the 2005 episode in the Iberian Peninsula was the most significant, affecting large sectors of low tree cover areas and crops and leading to reductions of annual plant productivity in affected vegetation of ~47 TgC/year. The obtained results highlight the influence of land-atmosphere coupling on vegetation productivity and clarified the role of warm springs on vegetation activity and soil moisture that may amplify summer temperatures. The functional recovery of affected vegetation productivity after these episodes varied across events, ranging from months to years. This work highlights the influence of hot and dry events on vegetation productivity in the Mediterranean basin and the usefulness of remote-sensing products to assess the response of different land covers to such episodes.
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