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9781138075207: Remote Sensing of Drought: Innovative Monitoring Approaches

Synopsis

This book presents globally applicable remote sensing approaches that are currently used or could be used for large-area drought monitoring. The text covers applications for monitoring and estimating vegetation health, soil moisture, evapotranspiration, and precipitation. Each chapter includes a literature review and a technical description of the remote sensing instrument or data and the methodology used. The chapters also include examples and discussion of the products and information derived and how they can be applied to drought monitoring, as well as discussion of future work and considerations for using the technique.

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À propos de l?auteur

Brian D. Wardlow is an assistant professor and GIScience program area leader for the National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) in the School of Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. For more information, visit the National Drought Mitigation Center web site at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Martha C. Anderson is a physical scientist in the Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service in Beltsville, Maryland. For more information, visit Dr. Anderson's web page at USDA ARS.

James P. Verdin is a physical scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Early Warning and Environmental Monitoring (EWEM) Program. For more information, visit the EWEM web site.

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9781439835579: Remote Sensing of Drought: Innovative Monitoring Approaches

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ISBN 10 :  1439835578 ISBN 13 :  9781439835579
Editeur : CRC Press Inc, 2012
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