Gridded drought indices based on remote sensing data for Europe (2000-2015)
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Tanguy, M.; Bachmair, S.; Stahl, K.; Hannaford, J. (2016). Gridded drought indices based on remote sensing data for Europe (2000-2015). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/4e0d0e50-2f9c-4647-864d-5c3b30bb5f4b
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This dataset comprises three gridded drought indicators based on remote sensing data for Europe. The data has a spatial resolution of 0.05 degree and a temporal resolution of 1 month for the period going from 2000 to 2015. The three drought indicators are:
the Vegetation Condition Index (VCI) based on satellite product NDVI (Normalised Difference Vegetation Index);
- the Temperature Condition Index (TCI) based on remotely sensed LST (Land Surface Temperature)
- the Vegetation Health Index (VHI) which is a combination of VCI and TCI, calculated using MODIS products
the Vegetation Condition Index (VCI) based on satellite product NDVI (Normalised Difference Vegetation Index);
- the Temperature Condition Index (TCI) based on remotely sensed LST (Land Surface Temperature)
- the Vegetation Health Index (VHI) which is a combination of VCI and TCI, calculated using MODIS products
Publication date: 2016-07-11
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Format
netCDF
Spatial information
Study area
Spatial representation type
Raster
Spatial reference system
WGS 84
Temporal information
Temporal extent
2000-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Provenance & quality
Three gridded drought indicators based on remote sensing were calculated for Europe. The data has a spatial resolution of 0.05 degree and a temporal resolution of 1 month for the period going from 2000 to 2015. The three drought indicators are (i) the Vegetation Condition Index (VCI) based on satellite product NDVI (Normalised Difference Vegetation Index) (ii) the Temperature Condition Index based on remotely sensed LST (Land Surface Temperature) and (iii) the Vegetation Health Index (VHI) which is a combination of VCI and TCI. For NDVI, MODIS product MOD13C2 was used, and for LST, MODIS product MOD11C3 was used. VCI, TCI and VHI were derived using methodology described by Kogan (Kogan, F.N., 1995; https://doi.org/10.1016/0273-1177(95)00079-T)
Licensing and constraints
This dataset is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
Cite this dataset as:
Tanguy, M.; Bachmair, S.; Stahl, K.; Hannaford, J. (2016). Gridded drought indices based on remote sensing data for Europe (2000-2015). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/4e0d0e50-2f9c-4647-864d-5c3b30bb5f4b
© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Citations
Bachmair, S., Tanguy, Hannaford, J., Stahl, K., (2018). How well do meteorological indicators represent agricultural and forest drought across Europe? Environmental Research Letters, 13 , 3 https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaafda
Supplemental information
Kogan, F. N. (1995). Application of vegetation index and brightness temperature for drought detection. In Advances in Space Research (Vol. 15, Issue 11, pp. 91–100). Elsevier BV.
Correspondence/contact details
Tanguy, M.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
McLean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford
Wallingford
Oxfordshire
OX10 8BB
UNITED KINGDOM
enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
Wallingford
Oxfordshire
OX10 8BB
UNITED KINGDOM
Authors
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1516-6834
Bachmair, S.
Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg
Stahl, K.
Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg
Other contacts
Rights holder
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
info@eidc.ac.uk
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Keywords
DrIVER , drought , Environmental risk , Land Surface Temperature , LST , moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer , MODIS , monitoring and early warning system , NDVI , Normalised Difference Vegetation Index , TCI , Temperature Condition Index , VCI , Vegetation Condition Index , Vegetation Health Index , VHI
Last updated
21 March 2025 09:33