Research progress on drought indices

Chinese Journal of Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 892-897

  Hou, Ying Yu ^a,b,c   He, Yan Bo ^a   Liu, Qin Huo ^b   Tian, Guo Liang ^b  

^a NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Drought index; Drought monitoring method; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; EMISSIVITY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NATURAL DISASTER; REFLECTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 39449098999     PISSN: 10004890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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