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Analysis of Agricultural Drought in East Java Using Vegetation Health Index.
- Source :
- Agrivita: Journal of Agricultural Science; Feb2018, Vol. 40 Issue 1, p63-73, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Drought is a natural hazard indicated by the decreasing of rainfall and water storage and impacting agricultural sector. Agricultural drought assessment has been used to monitor agricultural sustainability, particularly in East Java as national agricultural production center. Identification of drought characteristics -correlated with El Niño- Southern Oscillation, and agricultural impact on paddy fields and rice production using VHI (Vegetation Health Index) were conducted. VHI is produced by TCI (Temperature Condition Index) and VCI (Vegetation Condition Index) derived from MODIS satellite data, LST (Land Surface Temperature) and EVI (Enhanced Vegetation Index), respectively. The results showed agricultural drought usually started in June, maximum in October and ended in November. Onset and end time drought tends to follow monsoonal rainfall pattern. El Niño 2015 showed long duration of agricultural drought (i.e. ± 5 months), high severity (i.e. mild-extreme drought; VHI 0-40) and areal extent of drought approx. 197,343 km<superscript>2</superscript>, while during La Niña 2010 the areal extent was approx. 28,685 km<superscript>2</superscript> with mild-severe drought (VHI 10-40). Impact of agricultural drought on paddy fields showed wider (smaller) areal extent in sub-round 3 (sub-round 1) from September-December (January-April). Areal extent of drought was negatively correlated with rice production (r=-0.79) which significant in 99 % confidence level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- DROUGHTS
MONSOONS
PADDY fields
RICE
HARVESTING
RICE farming
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01260537
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Agrivita: Journal of Agricultural Science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 126942257
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.17503/agrivita.v40i1.1080