A drought event composite analysis using satellite remote-sensing based soil moisture

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 203, Issue , 2017, Pages 216-225

  Nicolai Shaw, Nadine ^a   Zscheischler, Jakob ^a   Hirschi, Martin ^a   Gudmundsson, Lukas ^a   Seneviratne, Sonia I ^a  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drought event composites; ESA Climate Change Initiative (CCI); Land cover; Satellite derived soil moisture

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SPACE OPTICS; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERE DYNAMICS; ESA CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE (CCI); EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; LAND COVER; LIMITED INFORMATION; PRECIPITATION DEFICITS; REMOTELY SENSED SOIL MOISTURE; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING;

SOIL MOISTURE;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRASSLAND; GROWING SEASON; LAND COVER; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; VEGETATION INDEX;

EID: 85020523679     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2017.06.014     Document Type: Article

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