Evaluation of drought indices via remotely sensed data with hydrological variables

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 476, Issue , 2013, Pages 265-273

  Choi, Minha ^a   Jacobs, Jennifer M ^b   Anderson, Martha C ^c   Bosch, David D ^d  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d SOUTHEAST WATERSHED RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Evaporative Stress Index (ESI); Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI); Soil moisture; Streamflow; Vegetation Health Index (VHI)

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; DROUGHT INDICES; EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHEDS; GEORGIA; HYDROLOGICAL VARIABLES; INTERCOMPARISONS; MULTI-VARIABLE LINEAR REGRESSION; PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDICES; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; SOIL MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; STRESS INDICES; VEGETATION HEALTH INDICES;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; VEGETATION;

DROUGHT;

AMSR-E; DROUGHT STRESS; EVAPORATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW;

GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870993585     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.10.042     Document Type: Article

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