Spatial and temporal assessment of drought in the Northern highlands of Ethiopia

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 309-321

  Gebrehiwot, Tagel ^a   van der Veen, Anne ^a   Maathuis, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

NDVI; Precipitation; Remote sensing; Time lag; VCI; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; DATA PROCESSING; DROUGHT; GLOBAL CHANGE; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ETHIOPIA; TIGRAY;

EID: 79955606627     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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