Characterization and evaluation of MODIS-derived Drought Severity Index (DSI) for monitoring the 2009/2010 drought over southwestern China

Natural Hazards

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2129-2145

  Zhang, X Q ^a   Yamaguchi, Y ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drought; Drought severity index; MODIS; Southwestern China; SPI

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918558928     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: 15730840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-014-1278-1     Document Type: Article

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