Title :
The North American drought monitor: A continental approach
Author_Institution :
Nat. Drought Mitigation Center, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
Abstract :
Presents a collection of slides covering the following topics: North American drought monitor, US drought monitor, ArcGIS, climate monitoring, average precipitation, precipitation index, Palmer Drought Index, soil moisture ranking percentile, remote sensing, vegetation drought response index.
Keywords :
atmospheric precipitation; climatology; geographic information systems; hydrology; vegetation mapping; ArcGIS; North American drought monitor; Palmer Drought Index; US drought monitor; average precipitation; climate monitoring; precipitation index; remote sensing; soil moisture ranking profile; vegetation drought response index; Agriculture; Conferences; Earth; Global Earth Observation System of Systems; History; Monitoring; US Government agencies;
Conference_Titel :
GEOSS Workshop XL (GEOSS), 2011
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0615-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0614-1
DOI :
10.1109/GEOSS.2011.5948939
