Assessing the vegetation condition impacts of the 2011 drought across the U.S. southern great plains using the vegetation drought response index (VegDRI)

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 153-169

  Tadesse, Tsegaye ^a   Wardlow, Brian D ^a   Brown, Jesslyn F ^b   Svoboda, Mark D ^a   Hayes, Michael J ^a   Fuchs, Brian ^a   Gutzmer, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEGETATION;

DISASTER ASSISTANCE; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTERS; SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS; TIMBER PRODUCTION; VEGETATION CONDITION;

DROUGHT;

DECISION MAKING; DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

GREAT PLAINS; NEW MEXICO; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923005478     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-14-0048.1     Document Type: Article

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