Drought monitoring using an Integrated Drought Condition Index (IDCI) derived from multi-sensor remote sensing data

Lingkui Meng (), Ting Dong () and Wen Zhang

Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, 2016, vol. 80, issue 2, 1135-1152

Abstract: Drought is a complex natural phenomenon. To effectively characterize the spatial extent and intensity of the phenomenon, multiple drought-related factors, such as precipitation, vegetation growth condition, and land surface temperature, should be considered comprehensively. However, the capability of each of these factors in drought monitoring varies with seasonal time. Thus, in formulating a drought index, different weights should be assigned to these factors at different time periods. This study proposes a novel remote sensing index, the Integrated Drought Condition Index (IDCI), for short-term drought monitoring. The index sets different weights for each month of the growing season into three components, i.e., precipitation, vegetation growth condition, and land surface temperature, based on the principle component analysis. To assess IDCI performance, the spatial drought conditions of the IDCI maps during the growing season in a typical dry year and individual month of August from 2003 to 2012 were compared with in situ drought indices in Northern China. Correlation analyses were performed between the IDCI and different timescale Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index values, and the year-to-year IDCI variations were compared with in situ drought indices. The results of the comparison and correlation analysis confirmed the effectiveness of IDCI in characterizing drought conditions and patterns. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2016

Keywords: Drought; MODIS; TRMM precipitation; Principle component analysis; SPEI; Drought index; Drought index weighting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/s11069-015-2014-1

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