Investigation of the utility of the vegetation condition index (VCI) as an indicator of drought

The relationship between the satellite-based Vegetation Condition Index (VCI) and frequently used agricultural drought indices like Palmer Drought Severity Index, Palmer’s Z-index, Standard Precipitation Index, percent normal and deciles was evaluated using a comparative correlation analysis. These...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ganesh, Srinivasan
Other Authors: Quiring, Steven
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2010
Subjects:
VCI
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2517
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2517