Drought monitoring using a Soil Wetness Deficit Index (SWDI) derived from MODIS satellite data

Mohammad Reza Keshavarz, Majid Vazifedoust and Amin Alizadeh

Agricultural Water Management, 2014, vol. 132, issue C, 37-45

Abstract: Soil moisture is considered a key index of agricultural drought monitoring systems due to its importance for plant growth and biological interactions. In this research, a Soil Wetness Deficit Index (SWDI) was developed based on a Soil Wetness Index to evaluate soil moisture deviation as an indicator of agricultural drought. The Soil Wetness Index is derived using a triangle space concept between the land surface temperature (LST) and vegetation index (NDVI). To acquire the triangle space concept, 8-day-products of land surface reflectance and LST derived from MODIS satellite data over Isfahan were used. The data was collected in the period of 2000–01 (dry year) and 2004–05 (wet year) on an 8-day time step. The results indicated that the SWDI index has the capability of mapping the spatial distribution of areas affected by drought, as well as the drought intensity. The estimated cumulative number of dry days (with −4Keywords: Drought; Soil wetness; SWDI; Remote sensing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2013.10.004

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