Satellite Soil Moisture for Agricultural Drought Monitoring: Assessment of SMAP-Derived Soil Water Deficit Index in Xiang River Basin, China

Agricultural drought can have long-lasting and harmful impacts on both the ecosystem and economy. Therefore, it is important to monitor and predict agricultural drought accurately. Soil moisture is the key variable to define the agricultural drought index. However, in situ soil moisture observations...

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Main Authors: Qian Zhu, Yulin Luo, Yue-Ping Xu, Ye Tian, Tiantian Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-02-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
AWD
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/11/3/362