A dataset of vegetation phenology of Inner Mongolia (2001-2020)

Vegetation phenology is one of the sensitive indicators reflecting global climate change and vegetation growth. Inner Mongolia is an important ecological security barrier in the north of China, and a key area for resource development, environmental protection and ecological security in China. Studying its vegetation phenological changes can know its vegetation growth status, which is of great significance for understanding the characteristics of climate change and extreme climate events in the region. Based on the normalized differential vegetation index (NDVI) data product in MOD13Q1 product, this study use Google Earth Engine platform to process MODIS-NDVI raw data for format conversion, projection conversion and clipping, and exports NDVI long time series data from 2000 to 2021, and dynamic threshold method was used to obtain Inner Mongolia vegetation phenology data set from 2001 to 2020. The dataset includes remote sensing monitoring data of the start of growing season (SOS), the end of growing season (EOS), and the length of growing season (LOS) in Inner Mongolia from 2001 to 2019. And the spatial resolution is 250 m. It provides data support for understanding the temporal and spatial variation of vegetation phenology in Inner Mongolia and its response to climate change.