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From early November 2008 to February 2009, lack of rainfall led to severe drought in northern China. More than 9.3 million ha of wheat in six major crop production provinces, including Henan, Anhui, Shandong, Shanxi, Gansu, and Shaanxi, were hit by drought. Supported by Chinese HJ-1 satellite images together with NASA Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data, dynamic monitoring of the drought was conducted. HJ-1 CCD data with 30-m resolution were used to identify cropland information. Spatial–temporal variation of drought was detected using Vegetation Index and Water Index time series data derived from MODIS visible, infrared, and short-wave infrared bands. The influences of drought were classified into five levels based on MODIS-derived 8-day composite Anomaly Water Index (AWI) and field survey data. The results indicated that the drought deteriorated beginning in November 2008 and became most serious in late January 2009. HJ-1 data together with MODIS data proved to be valuable data sources for monitoring soil moisture and drought at a both regional and national scale.
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This work was supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KZZD-EW-08), the Ministry of Environmental Protection of China, and State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environment Information System. The authors would like to thank Professor Qiao Wang and his teams for their valuable suggestions.
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Jiang, D., Fu, J., Zhuang, D. et al. Dynamic monitoring of drought using HJ-1 and MODIS time series data in northern China. Nat Hazards 68, 337–350 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-013-0626-x
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