Application of the water-related spectral reflectance indices: A review

S Ma, Y Zhou, PH Gowda, J Dong, G Zhang… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Water status is an important indicator of ecosystem health. Based on the spectral signatures
of liquid water and other land surface features (eg, soil and vegetation), many water-related …

The evolution, propagation, and spread of flash drought in the Central United States during 2012

JB Basara, JI Christian, RA Wakefield… - Environmental …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
During 2012, flash drought developed and subsequently expanded across large areas of
the Central United States (US) with severe impacts to overall water resources and warm …

Droughts across China: Drought factors, prediction and impacts

Q Zhang, R Shi, VP Singh, CY Xu, H Yu, K Fan… - Science of the total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Drought is a complicated and costly natural hazard and identification of critical drought
factors is critical for modeling and forecasting of droughts and hence development of …

Drought detection and assessment with solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence in summer maize growth period over North China Plain

X Chen, X Mo, Y Zhang, Z Sun, Y Liu, S Hu, S Liu - Ecological Indicators, 2019 - Elsevier
Drought is one of the most damaging and complicated disasters in the world. Timely
monitoring of droughts over agro-ecosystem is important for reducing yield loss. The …

[HTML][HTML] Agricultural drought assessment in East Asia using satellite-based indices

DH Yoon, WH Nam, HJ Lee, EM Hong, S Feng… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Drought is the meteorological phenomenon with the greatest impact on agriculture.
Accordingly, drought forecasting is vital in lessening its associated negative impacts …

Enhanced drought detection and monitoring using sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence over Hulun Buir Grassland, China

Y Liu, C Dang, H Yue, C Lyu, X Dang - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Drought is one of the most damaging events in the grassland ecosystem. The detection and
monitoring of drought are very important to maintain the balance of the grassland …

Flash drought identification from satellite-based land surface water index

JI Christian, JB Basara, LEL Lowman, X **ao… - Remote Sensing …, 2022 - Elsevier
Flash droughts can lead to significant agricultural and ecosystem impacts via rapid land
surface desiccation. While gridded weather and climate datasets, land surface models, or …

Soil moisture information improves drought risk protection provided by the USDA livestock forage disaster program

ES Krueger, TE Ochsner… - Bulletin of the American …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The USDA Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) offers financial assistance to
farmers and ranchers with grazed forage losses caused by fire or drought. Payments for …

[HTML][HTML] Spatio-temporal characterisation of droughts using selected indices in Upper Tana River watershed, Kenya

HA Okal, FK Ngetich, JM Okeyo - Scientific African, 2020 - Elsevier
Monitoring and assessment of drought is key to modelling, impact assessment, mitigation
and prediction of occurrence. The Upper Tana River watershed hosts two of Kenya's main …

A new agricultural drought index for monitoring the water stress of winter wheat

D Wu, Z Li, Y Zhu, X Li, Y Wu, S Fang - Agricultural Water Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Timely and effectively monitoring agricultural droughts for winter wheat production is crucial
for water resource management, drought mitigation and even national food security. With …