Processing of MODIS Vegetation Indices for analysis of agricultural droughts in the southern Ukraine between the years 2000-2012
Journal: Lund University Publications Student Papers (Lund University)
Year: 2014

In order to better understand impact of extreme weather events on condition of crop vegetation in Ukraine, analysis of agricultural droughts which occurred in the southern region of Ukraine, between years 2000-2012 was conducted in the current research. Method of the research In the current research, the impact of droughts was analyzed on yearly basis by assessing vegetation conditions and comparing it to soil moisture conditions. Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) calculated from sat