Using MODIS Land Surface Temperature and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index products for monitoring drought in the southern Great Plains, USA

Wan, Zhenhua; Wang, P.; Li, Xiaoli

doi:10.1080/0143116031000115328

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Using MODIS Land Surface Temperature and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index products for monitoring drought in the southern Great Plains, USA

Published in International Journal of Remote Sensing • Dec 30, 2003

Authors:

Zhenhua Wan

P. Wang

Xiaoli Li

Abstract

A near-real time drought monitoring approach is developed using Terra–Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectoradiometer (MODIS) Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Land Surface Temperature (LST) products. The approach is called Vegetation Temperature Condition Index (VTCI), which integrates...

Subject

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index

Environmental science

Precipitation

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