Study on spatiotemporal changes of fractional vegetation cover in Baotou City based on NDVI in the past 20 years
[Objective]This paper aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of ecological restoration and governance in-Baotou City over the past 20 years,from 2000 to 2021.[Method]The study analyzed Fractional Vegetation Cover (FVC) and its spatiotemporal dynamic changes using the Normalized Differential Vegetation Index (NDVI) and-dimidiate pixel model,based on the LandSat TM/OLI image data from five periods of peak vegetation growth be-tween 2000 to 2021. Additionally OHS image data from"Zhuhai-1" satellite for the Tumet Right Banner in 2021 were used for accuracy evaluation.[Result]Accuracy evaluation showed that Land Sat-8 data and OHS data from the same period in 2021 exhibited high similarity in the spatial distribution and coverage area at different FVC levels in the Tumote Right Banner area,with a similarity of 86.96%. This suggests that the FVC inversion using LandSat data was accurate and feasible. From 2000 to 2021,the FVC types in Baotou City were predominantly low and me-dium,accounting for over 65% of the total FVC. The average change in FVC during this period was 0.0528. FVC changed over different periods exhibited an initial decrease followed by an increase,indicating a general trend of slight degradation followed by slight improvement in vegetation coverage.[Conclusion]During the period from 2000 to 2021,Baotou City's vegetation coverage initially decreased and then increased,reflecting a period of ecological degra-dation followed by improvement. This research highlights the significant implications for ecological environmental re-mediation in Baotou City.
fractional vegetation covernormalized differential vegetation indexdimidiate pixel model