Abstract
The value of satellite remote sensing for drought monitoring was first realized more than two decades ago with the application of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) for assessing the effect of drought on vegetation, as summarized by Anyamba and Tucker.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Remote Sensing of Drought |
Subtitle of host publication | Innovative Monitoring Approaches |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Pages | 389-409 |
Number of pages | 21 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781439835609 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781439835579 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2012 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Science(all)
- Engineering(all)
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)