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2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Development of a desertification index

Research Project

Project/Area Number 13490025
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 広領域
Research InstitutionTokyo Metropolitan University

Principal Investigator

SHINODA Masato  Tokyo Metropolitan University, Graduate School of Science, Associate professor, 理学研究科, 助教授 (30211957)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 田 少奮  日本大学, 文理学部, 助手
TSUNEKAWA Atsuhi  University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, Associate professor, 大学院・農学生命科学研究科, 助教授 (60227452)
OYAMA Shuichi  Tokyo Metropolitan University, Graduate School of Science, Assistant professor, 理学研究科, 助手 (00322347)
TIAN Shao-fen  Nihon University, College of Humanities and Sciences, Research Assistant
Project Period (FY) 2001 – 2003
Keywordsdesertification / arid region / biological productivity / vegetation index / Kazakhstan / Mongolia / Niger
Research Abstract

The present study aimed to develop a world desertification index by combining satellite-and ground-observed data. This index was based on net primary productivity (NPP) of vegetation as a quantitative measure, because the previous in dices had been lack in objectivity and worldwide applicability. The major results are summarized as follows.
1 Based on ground-truth data collected in Mongolia and Kazakhstan, we developed a model estimating preciously Asian NPP with satellite data This model incorporates a simple submodel estimating soil moisture with only daily precipitation and temperature.
2 Our automatic observations of NPP and heat/moisture fluxes conducted in Mongolia and Kazakhstan showed that NPP was strongly correlated with water stress on the seasonal basis.
3 We compared potential NPP, based on climate, and actual NPP, and identified potential desertification/land degradation hot spots, including the region from northeast China and the Huabei Plain to the Loess Plateau, the region near the border between Russia and Kazakhstan, and central India. We also identified vegetation degradation regions such as northeast Kazakhstan and Betpak-Dala (southwest of Lake Balkhash) not included in the GLASOD soil degradation database.

  • Research Products

    (12 results)

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All Publications (12 results)

  • [Publications] Shinoda, M., Y.Yamaguchi: "Influence of soil moisture anomaly on temperature in the Sahel : A comparison between wet and dry decades."Journal of Hydrometeorology. 4. 437-447 (2003)

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  • [Publications] Nemoto, M., M.Shinoda, H.Ju: "Developing a simple soil moisture model for semi-arid regions : A case for Ordos in Inner Mongolia."Journal of Agricultural Meteorology. 59. 51-58 (2003)

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  • [Publications] Morinaga, Y., S.Tian, M.Shinoda: "Winter snow anomaly and atmospheric circulation in Mongolia."International Journal of Climatology. 23. 1627-1636 (2003)

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  • [Publications] Oyama, S.: "People, millet cultivation and cattle grazing of dryland in Sahel-Socio-ecological research of Hausa cultivators in southern Niger."Geographical Reports of Tokyo Metropolitan University. 37. 83-92 (2002)

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  • [Publications] 吉田幹雄, 小松由明, 鞠 洪波, 恒川篤史: "中国内蒙古農村における干ばつが農民生活に及ぼす影響と干ばつに対する農民の対応"環境情報科学論文集. 17. 363-368 (2003)

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  • [Publications] 篠田雅人: "砂漠と気候"成山堂出版. 169 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Shinoda, M, Y.Yamaguchi: "Influence of soil moisture anomaly on temperature in the Sahel : A comparison between wet and dry decades."Journal of Hydrometeorology. 4(2). 437-447 (2003)

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  • [Publications] Nemoto, M., M.Shinoda, H.Ju: "Developing a simple soil moisture model for semi-arid regions : a case fro Ordos in Inner Mongolia."Journal of Agricultural Meteorology. 59(1). 51-58 (2003)

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  • [Publications] Morinaga, Y., S.Tian, M.Shinoda: "Winter snow anomaly and atmospheric circulation in Mongolia."International Journal of Climatology. 23(13). 1627-1636 (2003)

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  • [Publications] Oyama, S.: "People, millet cultivation and cattle grazing of dryland in Sahel -Socio ecological research of Hausa cultivators in southern Niger."Geographical Reports of Tokyo Metropolitan University. 37. 83-92 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Yoshida, M., Y.Komatsu, H.Ju, A.Tsunekawa: "Impact of drought on farmers' lives and responses to drought in a rural village in Inner Mongolia, China."Papers on Environmental Information Science. 17. 363-368 (2003)

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  • [Publications] Shinoda, M.: "Desert and Climate"Seizando Shuppan. 169 (2002)

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Published: 2005-04-19  

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