Monitoring regional drought using the vegetation condition index

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 2761-2782

  Liu, W T ^a   Kogan, F N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MONITORING; RADIOMETERS; RAIN;

NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; VEGETATION CONDITION INDEX;

REMOTE SENSING;

CROP YIELD; DROUGHT; FILTERING METHOD; IMPACT; MONITORING; NDVI; VCI; VEGETATION INDEX;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030235967     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431169608949106     Document Type: Article

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