Evaluating an Enhanced Vegetation Condition Index (VCI) Based on VIUPD for Drought Monitoring in the Continental United States

Drought is a complex hazard, and it has an impact on agricultural, ecological, and socio-economic systems. The vegetation condition index (VCI), which is derived from remote-sensing data, has been widely used for drought monitoring. However, VCI based on the normalized difference vegetation index (N...

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Main Authors: Wenzhe Jiao, Lifu Zhang, Qing Chang, Dongjie Fu, Yi Cen, Qingxi Tong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-03-01
Series:Remote Sensing
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/8/3/224