Anatomy of a local-scale drought: Application of assimilated remote sensing products, crop model, and statistical methods to an agricultural drought study

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 526, Issue , 2015, Pages 15-29

  Mishra, Ashok K ^a   Ines, Amor V M ^b   Das, Narendra N ^c   Prakash Khedun, C ^d   Singh, Vijay P ^d,e   Sivakumar, Bellie ^f,g   Hansen, James W ^b  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Texas A and M University   (United States)

^e Texas AandM University   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Copulas; Crop yield; Data assimilation; Drought anatomy; Root zone soil moisture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; ENERGY SECURITY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); POTABLE WATER; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT; COPULAS; CROP YIELD; DATA ASSIMILATION; DROUGHT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; ROOT ZONE SOIL MOISTURES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS;

DROUGHT;

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGROMETEOROLOGY; AMSR-E; CROP YIELD; DATA ASSIMILATION; DROUGHT; REMOTE SENSING; RHIZOSPHERE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROFILE;

IOWA; STORY COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928576423     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.10.038     Document Type: Article

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