Winter crops  in Inner Mongolia cannot survive due to very low temperatures he current reporting period.Compared with average conditions of the fifteen-year, the CropWatch agroclimatic indicators show a significant increase of RAIN(+151%) and a little decrease of RADPAR (-4%), while TEMP was above average(0.7°C). BIOMSS, however, was significantly above the five-year average for the same period (+91%).

From October, below average conditions had little effect as the crops had reached maturity and were ready to harvest, even if excess rainfall locally hampered harvesting. No crop existed and abundant snow since December will provide favorable soil moisture for the sowing of upcoming spring crops. Potential biomass during the monitoring period in most areas of Inner Mongolia was at least 20% above average (e) and 10% below average in north, all of which were the results during October to December, and can not show crop condition owing to be maturity in that period. However, temperature was higher than average in most areas in Inner Mongolia,which may have some influence on spring crops by prematurely depleting reserved soil moisture.

a. Crop condition development graph based on NDVI

b. Spatial NDVI patterns compared to 5YA      c.NDVI profiles

d. Maximum VCI

e. Biomass