Application of two shortwave infrared water stress indices to drought monitoring over Northwestern China

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Zhao, Shaohua ^a   Qin, Qiming ^a   You, Lin ^a   Yao, Yunjun ^a   Yang, Nan ^a   Li, Jianping ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Ningxia Meteorological Observatory   (China)

Author keywords

Drought; MODIS; Shortwave infrared water stress index (SIWSI)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; DROUGHT MONITORING; GROUND TRUTH DATA; HIGH FREQUENCY; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NATURAL DISASTERS; NEGATIVE EXPONENTIAL; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; SHORT WAVE INFRARED; SHORTWAVE INFRARED WATER STRESS INDEX (SIWSI); STUDY AREAS; WATER STRESS;

AGRICULTURE; ARID REGIONS; DROUGHT; GEOLOGY; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED RADIATION; MOISTURE CONTROL; MONITORING; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECTROMETERS;

WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 77950940334     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5417809     Document Type: Conference Paper

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