NMDI: A normalized multi-band drought index for monitoring soil and vegetation moisture with satellite remote sensing

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Wang, Lingli ^a   Qu, John J ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

LIQUID WATER ABSORPTION CHANNEL; NORMALIZED MULTI-BAND DROUGHT INDEX;

DROUGHT;

DROUGHT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 37349101941     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031021     Document Type: Article

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