Detecting Agro-Droughts in Southwest of China Using MODIS Satellite Data

Journal of Integrative Agriculture

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 159-168

  Zhang, Feng ^a   Zhang, Li wen ^a   Wang, Xiu zhen ^c   Hung, Jing feng ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Agricultural Remote Sensing and Information System   (China)

^c HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Drought monitor; Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI); Standardized precipitation index (SPI); Time lag; Time integrated vegetation condition index (TIVCI)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872530840     PISSN: 20953119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(13)60216-6     Document Type: Article

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