Impacts of climate variability and drought on surface water resources in Sub-Saharan Africa using remote sensing: A review

TD Bhaga, T Dube, MD Shekede, C Shoko - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Climate variability and recurrent droughts have caused remarkable strain on water
resources in most regions across the globe, with the arid and semi-arid areas being the …

[HTML][HTML] Global change and forest disturbances in the Mediterranean basin: Breakthroughs, knowledge gaps, and recommendations

J Peñuelas, J Sardans - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
Forest ecosystems in the Mediterranean Basin are mostly situated in the north of the Basin
(mesic). In the most southern and dry areas, the forest can only exist where topography …

[HTML][HTML] Drought monitoring over Yellow River basin from 2003–2019 using reconstructed MODIS land surface temperature in Google Earth Engine

X Zhao, H **
F Alderotti, F Sillo, L Brilli, F Bussotti, M Centritto… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Quercus ilex L. dieback has been reported in several Mediterranean forests, revealing
different degree of crown damages even in close sites, as observed in two Q. ilex forest …

[HTML][HTML] Earth-observation-based monitoring of forests in Germany—recent progress and research frontiers: a review

S Holzwarth, F Thonfeld, P Kacic, S Abdullahi, S Asam… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
One-third of Germany's land surface area is covered by forest (around 11.4 million hectares),
and thus, it characterizes the landscape. The forest is a habitat for a large number of animal …

[HTML][HTML] Spatio-temporal evaluation of MODIS temperature vegetation dryness index in the Middle East

Y Khosravi, S Homayouni, TBMJ Ouarda - Ecological Informatics, 2024 - Elsevier
Drought, a recurring meteorological event, can potentially cause devastating consequences
for human populations, and its attributes vary significantly across diverse geographic areas …

Widespread crown defoliation after a drought and heat wave in the forests of Tuscany (Central Italy) and their recovery—a case study from summer 2017

M Pollastrini, N Puletti, F Selvi, G Iacopetti… - Frontiers in Forests and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
An anomalous event of drought and heat occurred in central Italy during the summer of
2017. Based on the SPI (Standardized Precipitation Index) and data from the European …