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http://dx.doi.org/10.5532/KJAFM.2015.17.2.102

Classification of Agro-climatic zones in Northeast District of China  

Jung, Myung-Pyo (Climate Change & Agroecology Division, National Academy of Agricultural Science)
Hur, Jina (Division of Earth Environmental System, Pusan National University)
Park, Hye-Jin (Division of Earth Environmental System, Pusan National University)
Shim, Kyo-Moon (Climate Change & Agroecology Division, National Academy of Agricultural Science)
Ahn, Joong-Bae (Division of Earth Environmental System, Pusan National University)
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Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology / v.17, no.2, 2015 , pp. 102-107 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to classify agro-climatic zones in Northeast district of China. For agro-climatic zoning, monthly mean temperature and precipitation data from Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA, USA) between 1979 and 2010 (http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/) were collected. Altitude and vegetation fraction of East Asia from Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) were also used to classify them. The criteria of agro-climatic classification were altitude (200 m, between 200-800 m, 800 m), vegetation fraction (60%), annual mean temperature ($0^{\circ}C$), temperature in the hottest month ($22^{\circ}C$), and annual precipitation (700 mm). In Northeast district of China, mean annual temperature, annual precipitation, and solar radiation were $3.4^{\circ}C$, 613.2 mm, and $4,414.2MJ/m^2$ between 2009 and 2013, respectively. Twenty-two agro-climatic zones identified in Northeast district of China by metrics classification method, from which the map of agro-climatic zones for Northeast district of China was derived. The results could be useful as information for estimating agro-meteorological characteristics and predicting crop development and crop yield of Northeast district of China as well as those of North Korea.
Keywords
Agro-climatic zone; Northeast District of China; Temperature; Precipitation; Solar radiation; Vegetation fraction;
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