An intercomparison of drought indicators based on thermal remote sensing and NLDAS-2 simulations with U.S. drought monitor classifications

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1035-1056

  Anderson, Martha C ^a   hain, Christopher ^b   Otkin, Jason ^c   Zhan, Xiwu ^d   Mo, Kingtse ^e   Svoboda, Mark ^f   Wardlow, Brian ^f   Pimstein, Agustin ^g  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^g PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; DROUGHT; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SMOOTHING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883816437     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-12-0140.1     Document Type: Article

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