A comprehensive assessment of remote sensing and traditional based drought monitoring indices at global and regional scale

N Alahacoon, M Edirisinghe - Geomatics, Natural Hazards and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study reports a comprehensive review on drought indices used in monitoring
meteorological, agricultural, hydrological, and socio-economic drought. Drought indices …

Climate services can support african farmers' context-specific adaptation needs at scale

JW Hansen, C Vaughan, DM Kagabo… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
We consider the question of what is needed for climate services to support sub-Saharan
African farmers' adaptation needs at the scale of the climate challenge. Consistent with an …

[HTML][HTML] The climate hazards infrared precipitation with stations—a new environmental record for monitoring extremes

C Funk, P Peterson, M Landsfeld, D Pedreros, J Verdin… - Scientific data, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract The Climate Hazards group Infrared Precipitation with Stations (CHIRPS) dataset
builds on previous approaches to 'smart'interpolation techniques and high resolution, long …

[图书][B] Handbook of drought indicators and indices

MD Svoboda, BA Fuchs - 2016 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Why is it important to monitor droughts? Droughts are a normal part of the climate, and they
can occur in any climate regime around the world, even deserts and rainforests. Droughts …

A quasi-global precipitation time series for drought monitoring

CC Funk, PJ Peterson, MF Landsfeld, DH Pedreros… - 2014 - pubs.usgs.gov
Estimating precipitation variations in space and time is an important aspect of drought early
warning and environmental monitoring. An evolving drier-than-normal season must be …

Evaluation of IMERG and TRMM 3B43 monthly precipitation products over mainland China

F Chen, X Li - Remote Sensing, 2016 - mdpi.com
As the successor of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), the Global
Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission significantly improves the spatial resolution of …

Recognizing the famine early warning systems network: over 30 years of drought early warning science advances and partnerships promoting global food security

C Funk, S Shukla, WM Thiaw… - Bulletin of the …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
On a planet with a population of more than 7 billion, how do we identify the millions of
drought-afflicted people who face a real threat of livelihood disruption or death without …

A global satellite-assisted precipitation climatology

C Funk, A Verdin, J Michaelsen… - Earth System …, 2015 - essd.copernicus.org
Accurate representations of mean climate conditions, especially in areas of complex terrain,
are an important part of environmental monitoring systems. As high-resolution satellite …

[HTML][HTML] Remote sensing sensors and applications in environmental resources mapping and modelling

AM Melesse, Q Weng, PS Thenkabail, GB Senay - Sensors, 2007 - mdpi.com
The history of remote sensing and development of different sensors for environmental and
natural resources mapping and data acquisition is reviewed and reported. Application …

Hydrological catchment modelling: past, present and future

E Todini - Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2007 - hess.copernicus.org
This paper discusses basic issues in hydrological modelling and flood forecasting, ranging
from the roles of physically-based and data-driven rainfall runoff models, to the concepts of …