Assessing Mongolian snow disaster risk using livestock and satellite data

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2251-2263

  Tachiiri, K ^a,c   Shinoda, M ^b,c   Klinkenberg, B ^a   Morinaga, Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drought; Dzud; Mongolia; NDVI; Regression tree; Snow Water Equivalent

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DROUGHT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MORTALITY; NATURAL DISASTER; NDVI; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

EID: 52949145932     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.06.015     Document Type: Article

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