Approaches to exploring drought using satellite data
1. Approaches to exploring drought using satellite data Charat Mongkolsawat and Thapanee Kamchai Geo-informatics Center for the Development of Northeast Thailand, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
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9. Lack of water has profound impact on crop management particularly in the areas where irrigation is not available.Geo-informatics Center for the Development of Northeast Thailand, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
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11. Satellite data offers effective opportunities instead of collecting huge volume of climatic data.Geo-informatics Center for the Development of Northeast Thailand, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
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13. To identify some of the satellite derived indicators best suited for the Northeast Thailand.Geo-informatics Center for the Development of Northeast Thailand, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
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15. Geology Cassava Topography Soil Forest Sugarcane Paddy Field Rainfall Rubber 3. Study Area (Cont.) Landuse Geo-informatics Center for the Development of Northeast Thailand, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
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17. Multitemporal Terra-Modis data of the 16 day composite image data at 250 m resolution during the period 2001-2008 and 2010 available from WIST (https://wist.echo.nasa.gov) Geo-informatics Center for the Development of Northeast Thailand, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
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19. The cumulative rainfalls summed over the preceding months and its slope gradient for each year.
20. Spatial interpolation of mean annual rainfall for 8 years performed using Inverse Distance Weighted method.Geo-informatics Center for the Development of Northeast Thailand, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
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23. 4. Method (Cont.) Satellite derived indices: The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index NDVI= (ρNIR - ρRed) / (ρNIR + ρRed) Where ρNIR and ρRed are the reflectance values at 0.857 μm and 0.645 μm, respectively The Normalized Difference Water Index NDWI= (ρNIR - ρSWIR) / (ρNIR + ρSWIR) Where ρNIR and ρSWIR are the reflectance values at 0.857 μm and 1.65 μm, respectively Geo-informatics Center for the Development of Northeast Thailand, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
24. 4. Method (Cont.) Satellite derived indices: The Normalized Difference Drought Index NDDI= (NDVI- NDWI) / (NDVI + NDWI) Where NDVI = The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index NDWI = The Normalized Difference Water Index (Proposed by Gu et al 2007) Geo-informatics Center for the Development of Northeast Thailand, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
30. The severity of drought can be derived from the SD step, the greater SD step the higher change.Geo-informatics Center for the Development of Northeast Thailand, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
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34. Increase of NDDI values occurs during the dry period.Geo-informatics Center for the Development of Northeast Thailand, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
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36. No distinction of NDVI values with increasing or decreasing water content can be observed.
37. Greater response to drought is remarkably identified by NDWI and NDDI values.
38. NDDI values are more sensitive and evident for drought identification as a result of greenness and water content.Geo-informatics Center for the Development of Northeast Thailand, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
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41. NDWI Spatial NDWI over the Northeast Spatio-temporal NDWI for the years 2001-2008 and 2010
42. Spatial NDDI over the Northeast Spatio-temporal NDDI for the years 2001-2008 and 2010
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46. Thank you for your attention Geo-informatics Center for the Development of Northeast Thailand, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand