Evaluation of MODIS NDVI and NDWI for vegetation drought monitoring using Oklahoma Mesonet soil moisture data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Gu, Yingxin ^a   Hunt, Eric ^b   Wardlow, Brian ^b   Basara, Jeffrey B ^b   Brown, Jesslyn F ^c   Verdin, James P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; SILT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; SPECTROMETERS;

DROUGHT MONITORING; DROUGHT STRESS; GROWING SEASONS; LAND COVERS; LOAM SOILS; MODERATE-RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MOISTURE DATUM; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDICES; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE WATER INDICES; SILT LOAM SOILS; SOIL MOISTURE DEFICITS; SOIL MOISTURE NETWORKS; SOIL TYPES; VEGETATION COVERS; VEGETATION INDEXES; WATER INDICES;

VEGETATION;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWING SEASON; LAND COVER; MODIS; NDVI; SILTY LOAM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TYPE; VEGETATION COVER;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60149083938     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035772     Document Type: Article

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