| 摘要 | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-12页 |
| Table of contents | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第15-31页 |
| ·Background | 第15-17页 |
| ·Drought Definitions | 第17-18页 |
| ·Concept of Drought | 第18-20页 |
| ·Conceptual Definitions of Drought | 第19页 |
| ·Operational Definitions of Drought | 第19-20页 |
| ·Types of Drought | 第20-24页 |
| ·Meteorological Drought | 第20-21页 |
| ·Hydrological Drought | 第21-22页 |
| ·Hydrological Drought and Land Use | 第22-23页 |
| ·Agricultural Drought | 第23-24页 |
| ·Socioeconomic Drought | 第24页 |
| ·Sequence of Drought Impacts | 第24-25页 |
| ·Impacts of Drought | 第25-27页 |
| ·Environmental Impacts | 第26页 |
| ·Economic Impacts | 第26页 |
| ·Social Impacts | 第26-27页 |
| ·Drought Risk Evaluation | 第27-28页 |
| ·Role of Remote Sensing and GIS in Drought Studies | 第28-29页 |
| ·Objectives | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter 2 Study Area, Data and Methods | 第31-57页 |
| ·Description of the Study Area | 第31-35页 |
| ·Geography | 第31-32页 |
| ·Climate | 第32-34页 |
| ·Vegetation | 第34页 |
| ·Topography | 第34-35页 |
| ·Human Activities | 第35页 |
| ·Data Description and Data Processing | 第35-39页 |
| ·Vegetation Data | 第35-37页 |
| ·Meteorological Data | 第37-38页 |
| ·Topographic Data | 第38-39页 |
| ·Meteorological Drought Indices and Drought Detection | 第39-47页 |
| ·Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) | 第39-41页 |
| ·Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) | 第41-45页 |
| ·Crop Moisture Index (CMI) | 第45页 |
| ·Surface Water Supply Index (SWSI) | 第45-47页 |
| ·Drought Indices derived from Remote Sensing Data | 第47-52页 |
| ·Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) | 第48-50页 |
| ·Vegetation Condition Index(VCI) | 第50-51页 |
| ·Temperature Condition Index(TCI) | 第51页 |
| ·Water Supply Vegetation Index(WSVI) | 第51-52页 |
| ·NDVI-Rainfall Relationship as Indicator of Drought | 第52-55页 |
| ·Rainfall Anomaly Based Drought Identification | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter 3 The effects of Vegetation Cover on Summer Climate | 第57-67页 |
| ·Introduction | 第57-58页 |
| ·Summer climate in China | 第58-60页 |
| ·Data and Methods | 第60-61页 |
| ·Results and Discussion | 第61-65页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第65-67页 |
| Chapter 4 Sensitivity of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index(NDVI)to Seasonal and Interannual Climate Conditions in China | 第67-83页 |
| ·Introduction | 第67-68页 |
| ·Growing Season Length | 第68-70页 |
| ·Relationships between NDVI and Climatic Factors | 第70-81页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第81-83页 |
| Chapter 5 Analysis of Vegetation Dynamics in China | 第83-99页 |
| ·Introduction | 第83-84页 |
| ·Vegetation Dynamics | 第84-91页 |
| ·Interannual Change in Vegetation Cover | 第84-85页 |
| ·Spatial Variations in NDVI Trends | 第85-89页 |
| ·The Average Annual Cycle | 第89-91页 |
| ·Rainfall,Temperature and their Relationships with Vegetation Dynamics | 第91-97页 |
| ·Relationship between NDVI and Meteorological Factors | 第92-97页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第97-99页 |
| Chapter 6 Spatio-temporal Variations of Meteorological Parameters and Vegetation in Growing Season in China | 第99-117页 |
| ·Introduction | 第99-100页 |
| ·Spatio-temporal Variations of Vegetation in Growing Season in China | 第100-105页 |
| ·Spatio-temporal Variations of Precipitation in Growing Season in China | 第105-107页 |
| ·Spatio-temporal Variations of Temperature in Growing Season in China | 第107-109页 |
| ·NDVI Trends in relation to Regional Climate in Growing Season | 第109-112页 |
| ·NDVI Variabilities in Sub-regions during Growing Season in China | 第112-115页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第115-117页 |
| Chapter 7 Spatio-temporal Variations of Drought in China | 第117-133页 |
| ·Introduction | 第117-118页 |
| ·Data and Methods | 第118-120页 |
| ·Agricultural Drought | 第118-119页 |
| ·Meteorological Drought | 第119-120页 |
| ·Results and Discussion | 第120-131页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第131-133页 |
| Chapter 8 Conclusions and Recommendations | 第133-139页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第133-136页 |
| ·Recommendations | 第136-139页 |
| Cited References | 第139-149页 |
| Appendices A | 第149-155页 |
| List of Figures | 第155-157页 |
| List of Tables | 第157-159页 |
| List of Symbols and Abbreviations | 第159-161页 |
| Curriculum Vitae | 第161-163页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第163页 |
