Monitoring Spatio-temporal pattern of drought using multi-satellite data during the period 2000 - 2018 (Case study: Iran)

Arabi, Zahra; Mohammadi, Shahin

doi:10.22111/jneh.2021.34785.1679

Monitoring Spatio-temporal pattern of drought using multi-satellite data during the period 2000 - 2018 (Case study: Iran)

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

Zahra Arabi ¹
Shahin Mohammadi ²

¹ Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Payame Noor University, Tehran

² Ph.D. Student of RS and GIS, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz

10.22111/jneh.2021.34785.1679

Abstract

Due to declining rainfall in the last two decades, drought has become a major problem in the world, especially in arid and semi-arid regions such as Iran, so monitoring and managing it is important. Remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) and remote sensing (RS) provide the ability to study various indicators to evaluate the types of droughts. So, in the present study, the drought of Iran using multi remote sensing indicators including precipitation condition index (PCI), temperature condition index (TCI), Vegetation Conditions Index (VCI), and the integrated under the heading the scaled drought condition Index (SDCI) during the statistical period 2000 to 2018 were evaluated. To evaluate the accuracy of the obtained results, these results were compared with the standardized precipitation-evapotranspiration index (SPEI). The results of this study showed that the three indices of PCI, VCI, and TCI are well matched. The results of the SDCI index indicated that severe droughts occurred in 2000, 2008, and 2017, which are consistent with SPEI index. It should be noted that minor differences between the two indicators (SDCI and SPEI) can be justified by the fact that the SPEI index is a climatic index that considers two parameters of temperature and precipitation for annual drought assessment, while the SDCI index in addition assessment to temperature and precipitation factors (‎meteorological drought), it also considers ‎agriculture drought and more comprehensively evaluates drought. Finally, it can be mentioned that based on the calculations performed, the SDCI has been more effective in assessing drought than other indicators used.

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Main Subjects

Environmental Hazards

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