Remote sensing of agro-droughts in Guangdong Province of China using MODIS satellite data

Sensors

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 4687-4708

  Gao, Maofang ^a   Qin, Zhihao ^a,b,c   Zhang, Hong'ou ^b   Lu, Liping ^c   Zhou, Xia ^b   Yang, Xiuchun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural drought; Drought monitoring; Guangdong province; MODIS data; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT; COMPREHENSIVE INDICES; DROUGHT MONITORING; GUANGDONG PROVINCE; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; MODIS DATA; MODIS SATELLITE IMAGES; REMOTE SENSING DATA;

AGRICULTURE; MONITORING; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

DROUGHT;

EID: 50849123503     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s8084687     Document Type: Article

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