Journal
REMOTE SENSING
Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/rs12030530
Keywords
multi-source remote sensing data; drought index; trend analysis; MODIS; TMPA
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Funding
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2412018ZD012]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41301364, 41630749]
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Various drought indices have been developed to monitor drought conditions. Each index has typical characteristics that make it applicable to a specific environment. In this study, six popular drought indices, namely, precipitation condition index (PCI), temperature condition index (TCI), vegetation condition index (VCI), vegetation health index (VHI), scaled drought condition index (SDCI), and temperature-vegetation dryness index (TVDI), have been used to monitor droughts in the Greater Changbai Mountains(GCM) in recent years. The spatial pattern and temporal trend of droughts in this area in the period 2001-2018 were explored by calculating these indices from multi-source remote sensing data. Significant spatial-temporal variations were identified. The results of a slope analysis along with the F-statistic test showed that up to 20% of the study area showed a significant increasing or decreasing trend in drought. It was found that some drought indices cannot be explained by meteorological observations because of the time lag between meteorological drought and vegetation response. The drought condition and its changing pattern differ from various land cover types and indices, but the relative drought situation of different landforms is consistent among all indices. This work provides a basic reference for reasonably choosing drought indices for monitoring drought in the GCM to gain a better understanding of the ecosystem conditions and environment.
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