Drought and vegetation stress monitoring in Portugal using satellite data
Remote sensed information on vegetation and soil moisture, namely the Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and the Soil Water Index (SWI), is employed to monitor the spatial extent, severity and persistence of drought episodes over Continental Portugal, from 1999 to 2006. The severity of a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2009-02-01
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| Series: | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/9/185/2009/nhess-9-185-2009.pdf |