A vantage from space can detect earlier drought onset: An approach using relative humidity

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Farahmand, Alireza ^a   AghaKouchak, Amir ^a   Teixeira, Joao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84923667066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep08553     Document Type: Article

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