A real-time online drought broadcast system for monitoring soil moisture index

KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 357-365

  Nam, Won Ho ^a   Choi, Jin Yong ^a   Yoo, Seung Hwan ^a   Engel, B A ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agricultural drought; geographic information systems; soil moisture index; web gis; world wide web

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT; ANALYSIS METHOD; BROADCAST SYSTEMS; BROADCASTING SYSTEMS; DATA ACCESSIBILITY; DECISION MAKERS; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; DROUGHT MANAGEMENT; DROUGHT MONITORING; DROUGHT RESPONSE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; REAL TIME; SHORT PERIODS; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL MOISTURE INDEX; SPACE AND TIME; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL EXTENT; WEB-GIS;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAPS; SOIL MOISTURE; WORLD WIDE WEB;

DROUGHT;

EID: 84863243688     PISSN: 12267988     EISSN: 19763808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12205-012-1357-3     Document Type: Article

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