The changing characteristics of drought in China from 1982 to 2005

Natural Hazards

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 723-743

  Li, Bin ^a   Su, Hongbo ^b   Chen, Fang ^a   Wu, Jianjun ^c   Qi, Jianwei ^d  

^a CENTER FOR EARTH OBSERVATION AND DIGITAL EARTH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Centre for Land and Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Drought; Palmer Drought Severity Index; Standard Precipitation Index; Vegetation Condition Index; Vegetation Health Index

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; DROUGHT; NDVI; PIXEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER BASIN; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84881071070     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-0649-3     Document Type: Article

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