Remote Sensing of Drought: Innovative Monitoring Approaches presents emerging remote sensing-based tools and techniques that can be applied to operational drought monitoring and early warning around the world. The first book to focus on remote sensing and drought monitoring, it brings together a wealth of information that has been scattered throughout the literature and across many disciplines. Featuring contributions by leading scientists, it assembles a cross-section of globally applicable techniques that are currently operational or have potential to be operational in the near future.
The book explores a range of applications for monitoring four critical components of the hydrological cycle related to drought: vegetation health, evapotranspiration, soil moisture and groundwater, and precipitation. These applications use remotely sensed optical, thermal, microwave, radar, and gravity data from instruments such as AMSR-E, GOES, GRACE, MERIS, MODIS, and Landsat and implement several advanced modeling and data assimilation techniques. Examples show how to integrate this information into routine drought products. The book also examines the role of satellite remote sensing within traditional drought monitoring, as well as current challenges and future prospects.
Improving drought monitoring is becoming increasingly important in addressing a wide range of societal issues, from food security and water scarcity to human health, ecosystem services, and energy production. This unique book surveys innovative remote sensing approaches to provide you with new perspectives on large-area drought monitoring and early warning.
Drought Monitoring
Michael J. Hayes, Mark D. Svoboda, Brian D. Wardlow, Martha C. Anderson, and Felix Kogan
Vegetation
Historical Perspectives on AVHRR NDVI and Vegetation Drought Monitoring
Assaf Anyamba and Compton J. Tucker
Vegetation Drought Response Index
Brian D. Wardlow, Tsegaye Tadesse, Jesslyn F. Brown, Karin Callahan, Sharmistha Swain, and Eric Hunt
The Vegetation Outlook (VegOut)
Tsegaye Tadesse, Brian D. Wardlow, Mark D. Svoboda, and Michael J. Hayes
Drought Monitoring Using Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation Estimates Derived from MERIS
Simone Rossi and Stefan Niemeyer
Evapotranspiration
Remote Sensing of Evapotranspiration for Operational Drought Monitoring Using Principles of Water and Energy Balance
Gabriel B. Senay, Stefanie Bohms, and James P. Verdin
A Thermal-Based Evaporative Stress Index for Monitoring Surface Moisture Depletion
Martha C. Anderson, Christopher R. Hain, Brian D. Wardlow, Agustin Pimstein, John R. Mecikalski, and William P. Kustas
Agricultural Drought Monitoring in Kenya Using Evapotranspiration Derived from Remote Sensing and Reanalysis Data
Michael T. Marshall, Christopher Funk, and Joel Michaelsen
Soil Moisture/Ground Water
Microwave Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture
Son V. Nghiem, Brian D. Wardlow, David Allured, Mark D. Svoboda, Doug LeComte, Matthew Rosencrans, Steven K. Chan, and Gregory Neumann
North American Land Data Assimilation System
Justin Sheffield, Youlong Xia, Lifeng Luo, Eric F. Wood, Michael Ek, and Kenneth E. Mitchell
Satellite Gravimetry Applied to Drought Monitoring
Matthew Rodell
Precipitation
Estimating Precipitation from WSR-88D Observations and Rain Gauge Data
Gregory J. Story
Precipitation Estimation from Remotely Sensed Information Using Artificial Neural Networks
Amir AghaKouchak, Kuolin Hsu, Soroosh Sorooshian, Bisher Imam, and Xiaogang Gao
Mapping Recent Decadal Climate Variations in Precipitation and Temperature across Eastern Africa and the Sahel
Christopher Funk, Joel Michaelsen, and Michael T. Marshall
Snow Cover Monitoring from Remote-Sensing Satellites
Cezar Kongoli, Peter Romanov, and Ralph Ferraro
Summary
Future Opportunities and Challenges in Remote Sensing of Drought
Brian D. Wardlow, Martha C. Anderson, Justin Sheffield, Bradley D. Doorn, James P. Verdin, Xiwu Zhan, and Matthew Rodell
Index
Brian D. Wardlow, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA; Martha C. Anderson, USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Beltsville, Maryland, USA; James P. Verdin, US Geological Survey, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA