Impacts of Drought on Vegetation Assessed by Vegetation Indices and Meteorological Factors in Afghanistan

• Published in: Remote sensing (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 12; no. 15; p. 2433
• Main Authors: Rousta, Iman, Olafsson, Haraldur, Moniruzzaman, Md, Zhang, Hao, Liou, Yuei-An, Mushore, Terence Darlington, Gupta, Amitesh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.08.2020
• Subjects: Afghanistan; Annual rainfall; Data acquisition; Drought; Environmental impact; Land surface temperature; Mathematical analysis; MODIS; NDVI; Normalized difference vegetative index; Precipitation; Rain; Rainfall; Regression analysis; Remote sensing; Satellites; Spectroradiometers; Studies; TRMM; TRMM satellite; VCI; Vegetation; Vegetation effects; Vegetation index; Water shortages; Kabul Afghanistan; Afghanistan
• ISSN: 2072-4292; 2072-4292
• DOI: 10.3390/rs12152433

Drought has severe impacts on human society and ecosystems. In this study, we used data acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) sensors to examine the drought effects on vegetation in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2018. The MODI...