Table 3 Correlation coefficients between NDVI and climate factors at growing season over the past 13 years in Qin Mountains.

From: The pattern, change and driven factors of vegetation cover in the Qin Mountains region

Year range

RNDVI-P

RNDVI-T

RNDVI-PET

1987–2006

0.06

0.1

0.16

1987–2007

0.06

0.11

0.17

1987–2008

0.05

0.13

0.17

1987–2009

0.05

0.14

0.18

1987–2010

0.08

0.14

0.18

1987–2011

0.12

0.15

0.2

1987–2012

0.11

0.16

0.21

1987–2013

0.13

0.24

0.28

1987–2014

0.13

0.22

0.26

1987–2015

0.14

0.22

0.27

1987–2016

0.17

0.27

0.29

1987–2017

0.18

0.29

0.28

1987–2018

0.21

0.31

0.24

  1. RNDVI-P RNDVI-T, RNDVI-PET refer to the correlation coefficient between NDVI and precipitation, between NDVI and temperature and between NDVI and reference evapotranspiration, separately.
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