Assessment of Drought Severity Using Vegetation Temperature Condition Index (VTCI) and Terra/MODIS Satellite Data in Rangelands of Markazi Province, Iran

Subject Areas : Relationship between Animal and Rangeland

Ali Akbar Damavandi ¹ , Mohammad Rahimi ² , Mohammad Reza Yazdani ³ , Ali Akbar Noroozi ⁴

1 - ITVHE Academic Member, Ph.D. Student in Combat Desertification, Semnan University, Iran
2 - Assistant Prof. Semnan university,Semnan,Iran
3 - Assistant Prof. Semnan university, Semnan,Iran
4 - Assistant Prof .soil conservation and Watershed management research Institute, Tehran.Iran

Received: 2015-08-18 Accepted : 2015-11-30 Published : 2016-01-01

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