Evaluation of EDI derived from the exponential evapotranspiration model for monitoring China's surface drought

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 425-436

  Yao, Yunjun ^a,b   Qin, Qiming ^a   Fadhil, Ayad M ^c   Li, Yufu ^d   Zhao, Shaohua ^a,e   Liu, Shaomin ^b   Sui, Xinxin ^a   Dong, Heng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SALAHADDIN UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

^d Jincheng Meteorological Administration   (China)

^e NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Evaporative drought index; Evapotranspiration; Soil moisture; The exponential ET model

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CHINA; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; DROUGHT INDICES; ENERGY FLUXES; EVAPORATIVE DROUGHT INDEX; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION MODELS; GROUND OBSERVATIONS; HARGREAVES EQUATIONS; MEAN AIR TEMPERATURES; MEASURED DATA; MODEL-BASED; NATURAL DISASTERS; NDVI DATA; NET RADIATION; SOIL DEPTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS; THE EXPONENTIAL ET MODEL; VEGETATION INDEX;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; RADIOMETERS; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; DATA SET; DROUGHT; ENERGY FLUX; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MODEL VALIDATION; MODIS; NATURAL DISASTER; NDVI; NET RADIATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE;

CHINA;

EID: 79955065271     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-0972-5     Document Type: Article

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