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Table 3 Importance ranking group of each land cover type in Figs. 2, 3 and 4

From: The global impact factors of net primary production in different land cover types from 2005 to 2011

Forests (Fig. 2a)

1st

Latitude and irradiance ultraviolet

2nd

NDVI

3rd

Height, CO2 and anthropogenic impact

4th

Others, such as aerosol index, NO2, soil temperature, soil moisture

Shrub lands (Fig. 2b)

1st

NDVI

2nd

Latitude, height, irradiance ultraviolet, surface emissivity

3rd

Anthropogenic impact, precipitation

4th

Others, such as aerosol index, NO2, soil temperature, soil moisture

Savannas (Fig. 2c)

1st

Latitude and NDVI

2nd

Irradiance ultraviolet and surface emissions

3rd

Precipitation, height, soil temperature, land surface temperature, wind speed and anthropogenic impact

4th

Others

Grasslands (Fig. 3a)

1st

Latitude and NDVI

2nd

Height, irradiance ultraviolet and surface emissivity

3rd

CO2, precipitation, wind speed and anthropogenic impact

4th

Others, such as soil temperature, FRP, land surface temperature

Permanent wetlands (Fig. 3b)

1st

NDVI

2nd

Wind speed

3rd

Latitude, irradiance ultraviolet, surface emissivity and precipitation

4th

Others, anthropogenic impact belongs to this group

Croplands and Built-up area (Fig. 3c)

1st

NDVI

2nd

Irradiance ultraviolet, latitude and surface emissivity

3rd

Precipitation, height, soil temperature, anthropogenic impact

4th

Others, including soil moisture, FRP, all-wave radiation

Snow and ice (Fig. 4a)

1st

NDVI

2nd

Latitude

3rd

Irradiance ultraviolet and surface emissivity

4th

Others, including anthropogenic impact

Barren & Sparsely vegetated (Fig. 4b)

1st

Latitude

2nd

NDVI, irradiance ultraviolet, surface emissivity

3rd

Others

4th

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