Paper Info
Title
A prototype web-based analysis platform for drought monitoring and early warning
Abstract
It has long been recognized that an effective drought monitoring and early warning system, which provides functions for real-time condition monitoring and prediction, risk assessment, information dissemination and response recommendation, is very important for the preparedness for and mitigation of drought impacts. In this article, we review the currently existing drought monitor and early warning systems, discuss applicable remote sensing datasets and drought indicators and present the development of a web-based quasi-real-time Global Drought Monitoring & Analysis Platform (Web-GDMAP). The Web-GDMAP is built upon a series of indicators derived from multi-source satellite remote sensing data and various other sources of data. From a technical perspective, the Web-GDMAP system includes a series of components from data storage, model implementation and distribution, to client-side visualization and user intuitive interaction. From a theoretical perspective, the Web-GDMAP system integrates multi-indicators on different aspects of drought, including anomalies in precipitation, anomalies in land surface thermal and vegetation conditions, water deficit of soil and plants, etc. Several case studies on applying the developed Web-GDMAP in the Asian region are demonstrated. Further improvements and perspectives are discussed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1080/17538947.2019.1585978
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIGITAL EARTH
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Drought monitoring,remote sensing,web-based,Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC),time series
Journal
13.0
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
7.0
1753-8947
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
6
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mattijn van Hoek101.35
Jie Zhou202.03
Jie Zhou302.03
Li Jia43416.38
Jing Lu5145.48
Chaolei Zheng612.06
Guangcheng Hu7185.98
M. Menenti8131.31