Arid Zone Research ›› 2024, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (5): 865-875.doi: 10.13866/j.azr.2024.05.14

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Mechanism of climate influence on carbon storage in the Tarim River Basin and attribution under topographic differentiation

CHENG Xiaoyu(), LYU Jiehua()   

  1. College of Economics and Management, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, Helongjiang, China
  • Received:2024-01-17 Revised:2024-02-06 Online:2024-05-15 Published:2024-05-29

Abstract:

Using the InVEST model, the carbon storage in the Tarim River Basin was estimated over a long period, and the spatial--temporal variation characteristic were described using trend analysis, correlation coefficients, and band set statistics to explore the overall spatial-temporal correlation between climate change and carbon storage in the study area; in addition, quantitative analysis of was performed the attribution of carbon storage in different topographic locations with the help of partial least square method. The results showed that: (1) From 2002 to 2020, the overall carbon storage level in the Tarim River Basin was low, following a horseshoe-shaped distribution characteristic (“low in the middle and high in the periphery”), and overall followed an increasing trend. (2) Carbon storage and average annual temperature, potential evapotranspiration, and average annual precipitation in the study area had the characteristics of opposite spatial distribution rather than the same spatial distribution, and the spatial differentiation was obvious. (3) The overall influence of climate factors on carbon storage followed the order: potential evapotranspiration>average annual temperature>average annual precipitation. (4) The potential evapotranspiration is the most significant variable for the levels I, III, and IV topography in the Tarim River Basin, whereas the average temperature and average precipitation are the most significant variables for the levels II and V topography in the Tarim River Basin.

Key words: carbon storage, mechanism of influence, topographic differentiation, Tarim River Basin