Using GIS-based spatial geocomputation from remotely sensed data for drought risk-sensitive assessment

International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 657-668

  Lin, Meng Lung ^a   Chen, Cheng Wu ^b  

^a ALETHEIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Drought; Drought indices; Local getis statistic; Remote sensing; Spatial filtering

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; DECISION SUPPORTS; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; DROUGHT INDICES; DROUGHT MONITORING; G-STATISTIC; GEOCOMPUTATION; HYDROLOGICAL DROUGHTS; LOCAL GETIS STATISTIC; NOVEL METHODS; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; RISK-BASED; SENSITIVE AREA; SPATIAL FILTERINGS; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; SPATIAL LOCATION;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RATING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

DROUGHT;

EID: 79251476511     PISSN: 13494198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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