Data availability statement
MODIS products were obtained from https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/archive/allData/61, meteorological observations were obtained from the China Meteorological Data Service Center at http://data.cma.cn/en/?r=data/detail&dataCode=J.0019.0010.S002, and aridity index dataset was obtained from https://cgiarcsi.community/data/global-aridity-and-pet-database/.