Remote Sensing, 2023 Greenhouse gas emissions have largely changed the global climate, leading to an increase in the frequency and extent of droughts. Forests are essential natural resources, and they play an important role in maintaining ecological security.
Huipeng Ma, Tianxiang Cui, Lin Cao
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Drought characterization: A systematic literature review
Sains Tanah: Journal of Soil Science and Agroclimatology, 2023 This study examined the worsening severity of global droughts caused by climate change. However, the multiple definitions and varied range of drought indices pose challenges in effectively monitoring and assessing the prevalence and severity of droughts.
Majda Choukri +2 more
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A Drought Dataset Based on a Composite Index for the Sahelian Climate Zone of Niger
Data, 2023 Agricultural drought monitoring in Niger is relevant for the implementation of effective early warning systems and for improving climate change adaptation strategies.
Issa Garba +2 more
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Remote Sensing, 2018 China is frequently subjected to local and regional drought disasters, and thus, drought monitoring is vital. Drought assessments based on available surface soil moisture (SM) can account for soil water deficit directly.
Jueying Bai +6 more
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Assessing water availability in Mediterranean regions affected by water conflicts through MODIS data time series analysis [PDF]
, 2019 Water scarcity is a widespread problem in arid and semi-arid regions such as the western Mediterranean coastal areas. The irregularity of the precipitation generates frequent droughts that exacerbate the conflicts among agriculture, water supply and ...
Koch, Magaly +3 more
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Leveraging the Google Earth Engine for Drought Assessment Using Global Soil Moisture Data
Remote Sensing, 2018 Soil moisture is considered to be a key variable to assess crop and drought conditions. However, readily available soil moisture datasets developed for monitoring agricultural drought conditions are uncommon. The aim of this work is to examine two global
Nazmus Sazib +2 more
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Responses of seasonal indicators to extreme droughts in southwest China [PDF]
, 2020 Significant impact of extreme droughts on human society and ecosystem has occurred in many places of the world, for example, Southwest China (SWC). Considerable research concentrated on analyzing causes and effects of droughts in SWC, but few studies ...
Ge, Zhongxi +8 more
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Use of soil and climate data to assess the risk of agricultural drought for policy support in Europe. [PDF]
, 2001 This paper describes the use of soil and climatic data for assessing the risk of drought in Europe. Soil moisture regimes are defined for soil classification purposes and these can be used to delineate areas with the same type of soil climate.
Jones, Robert J. A. +2 more
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Analysis of Drought Impact on Croplands from Global to Regional Scale: A Remote Sensing Approach
Remote Sensing, 2020 Drought is one of the extreme climatic events that has a severe impact on crop production and food supply. Our main goal is to test the suitability of remote sensing-based indices to detect drought impacts on crop production from a global to regional ...
Gohar Ghazaryan +4 more
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Reviewing the International Year of Deserts and Desertification 2006: What contribution towards combating global desertification and implementing the united nations convention to combat desertification? [PDF]
, 2008 During the United Nations General Assembly's 58th Ordinary Session in 2003, a decision was adopted declaring 2006 the International Year of Deserts and Desertification (IYDD). This paper critically reviews this International Year.
Barraclough +35 more
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