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Because Southwest China (SW) is affected by westerly winds and the South and East Asian monsoon, its climates are complex and changeable, and the time lag effect of the vegetation\u2019s response to the climate has been rarely considered, making it difficult to establish a link between the SW region\u2019s climate variables and changes in vegetation growth rate. This study revealed the characteristics of the time lag reaction and the phased changes in the response of vegetation to climate change across the entire SW and the typical climate type core area (CA) using the moving average method and multiple linear model based on the climatic information of CRU TS v. 4.02 from 1982 to 2017 together with the annual maximum (P100), upper quarter quantile (P75), median (P50), lower quarter quantile (P25), minimum (P5), and mean (Mean) from GIMMS NDVI. Generally, under the single and combined effects of temperature and precipitation, taking the time lag effect (annual and interannual delay effect) into account significantly improved the average prediction rates of temperature and precipitation, which increased by 18.48% and 25.32%, respectively. The optimal time delay was 0\u20134 months when the annual delay was taken into consideration, but it differed when considering the interannual delay, and the delaying effect of precipitation was more significant than that of temperature. Additionally, the response intensity of vegetation to temperature, precipitation, and their interaction was significantly more robust when the annual delay was taken into account than when it was not (p &lt; 0.05), with corresponding multiple correlation coefficients of 0.87 and 0.91, respectively. However, the degree of response to the combined effect of individual effects and climate factors tended to decrease regardless of whether time delay effects were taken into account. A more comprehensive analysis of the effects of climate change on vegetation development dynamics suggested that the best period for synthesizing NDVI annual values might be the P25 period. Our study could provide a new theoretical framework for analyzing, predicting, and evaluating the dynamic response of vegetation growth to climate change.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14215580","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,7]],"date-time":"2022-11-07T03:02:22Z","timestamp":1667790142000},"page":"5580","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["The Time Lag Effect Improves Prediction of the Effects of Climate Change on Vegetation Growth in Southwest China"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2016-6190","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Meng","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Chaozhou Environmental Information Center, Chaozhou 521011, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4441-3187","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zhengfeng","family":"An","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada"}]},{"given":"Shouyan","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Life Science and Engineering, Handan University, Handan 056005, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3228","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2486.2011.02419.x","article-title":"Changes in satellite-derived vegetation growth trend in temperate and boreal Eurasia from 1982 to 2006","volume":"17","author":"Piao","year":"2011","journal-title":"Glob. 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