International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Vol XXXV, Part B7. Istanbul 2004 
Beijing : 
200 39 59 N 116 LI E 
4 
^ 
s 
e 50 
PER 4 
C mom ou c Hy-- m. ty Bie Fa Bom 8 — B n, cM EA tl SN 
| E3 Average precipitation 
e 2000's precipitation 
| NID ifference precipitation 
215 - GEM EC A 
S s ibus ps se A SD qm Se he 
y a N 2 2 4 ^S "Y ~ N f Y Y ^ Mus 
V 7 Hv > fy > cya 33 . ^ Y 7 > 
> ^ 9 > 4 < > 3 e s> Y e A AX d A o 
> «e 4 " 4S S JD s? > A X A c SO ag qe 
Fig. 6 The standard, 2000 year and difference precipitation at Beijing 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 
This research is a part of the project of Asia Pacific Network 
for Disaster Mitigation using Earth Observation Satellite 
(ANDES), financially supported by ACT-JST: Research and 
Development for Applying Advanced Computational Science 
and Technology of Japan Science and Technology Corporation. 
REFERENCES 
Derrien, M., Farki, B., Harang, L, et al., 1993, Automatic cloud 
detection applied to NOAA-I l/AVHRR imagery. Remote 
Sens. Environ, 46, 246-267. 
Goward, S. N., Markham, B., Dye, D. G., Dulaney, W. And 
Yang, J, 1991, Normalized difference vegetation index 
measurements from the Advanced Very High Resolution 
Radiometer. Remote Sens., 35, 287-277. 
Goward, S. N., Dye, D. G., Turner, S. and Yang, J., 1993, 
Objective assessment of the NOAA Global Vegetation Index 
data product. Int. J. Remote Sens., 14, 3365-3394. 
Goward, S. N., Turner, S. Dye, D. G., and Liang, S., 1994, The 
University of Maryland improved global vegetation index 
product. Int. J. Remote Sens., 15, 3365-3397. 
Gutman, G. G., 1991, Vegetation indices from AVHRR data: 
An update and future prospects. Remote Sens. Environ., 35, 
121-136. 
Johson, G. E., Achutuni, V. R., Thiruvengadachari, S. And 
Kogan, F. N., 1993, The role of NOAA satellite data in drought 
early warning and monitoring. In Drought Assessment, 
Management, and Planning: Theory and Case Studies, edited 
by D. A. Wilhite (Kluwer Academic), pp. 31-49. 
Justice, C. O. And Townshend, J. R. G., 1994, Data sets for 
global remote sensing: Lessons learnt. Int. J. Remote Sens., 15, 
3621-3639. 
Kodama, M And Song, X., 2000, A new remote sensing 
database system in Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and 
Fisheries, Japan. 51* International Astronautical Congress. 2-6 
Oct. 2000 (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro). 
Kogan, F. N., 1987, Vegetation index for areal analysis of crop 
conditions. Proc. 18^ Conf. On Agricultural and Forest 
Meteorology (West Lafayette, IN, Amer. Meteor. Soc.), pp. 
103-107. 
Kogan, F. N., 1990, Remote sensing of weather impacts on 
vegetation in non-homogeneous areas. Int. J. Remote Sens., 11, 
1405-1419. 
Kogan, F. N., 1994, Application of vegetation index and 
brightness temperature for drought detection. Adv. Space Res., 
15 (11), 91-100. 
Kogan, F. N., 1995, Droughts of the late 1980s in the United 
States as derived from NOAA polar orbiting satellite data. Bull. 
Amer. Meteor. Sco., 76, 655-668. 
Kogan, F. N. 1997, Global drought watch from space. 
American Meteor. Sco., pp. 16 
Kogan, F. N., AND SULLIVAN, J., 1993, Development of 
global drought watch system using NOAA/AVHRR data. Adv. 
Space Res., 13 (5), 219-222. 
Los, S. O., Justice, C. O., and Tucker, C. J., 1994, A global ! 
by 1 NDVI data set for climate studies derived from the 
GIMMS continental NDVI data. Int. J. Remote Sens., 15, 3493- 
3518.- 
Obasi, O. P., 1994, WMO's role in the international decade for 
natural disaster reduction. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 75, 1655- 
1661. 
Ramscy, R. D., Falconer, A., and Jensen, J. R., 1995, The 
relationship between NOAA/AVHRR NDVI and ecoregions in 
Utah. Remote Sens. Environ., 53, 188-198. 
Rao, C. R. N., and Chen, J., 1995, Inter-satellite calibration 
linkages for the visible and near-infrared channels of the 
Advanced Very Resolution Radiometer on the NOAA-7, 9, and 
—11 spacecrafts. Int. J. Remote Sens., 16, 1931-1942. 
Spanner, M. A., Pierce, L. L., Runing, S. W. et al. 1990, The 
seasonality of AVHRR data of temperate coniferous forests: 
relationship with leaf area index. Remote Sens. Environ., 33, 
97-112. 
Townshend, J. R. G., 1994, Global data sets for land 
applications from the Advanced Very High Resolution 
Radiometer: An introduction. Int. J. Remote Sens. 15, 3319- 
3332. 
Tucker, C. J., Vanpraet, C., Boerwinkel, E., and Gatson, A., 
1983, Satellite remote sensing of total dry matter production in 
the Senegalese Sahel. Remote Sens. Environ. 13, 461-474. 
Tucker, C. J., Vanpraet, C. L., Sharman, M. J., and Van 
Ittersum, G., 1985, Satellite remote sensing of total herbaceous 
biomass production in the Senegalese Sahel: 1980-1984. 
Remote Sens. Environ. 17, 233-249. 
Walker, P. A., and Mallawaarachchi, T., 1998, Disaggregating 
agricultural statistics using NOAA/AVHRR NDVI. Remote 
Sens. Environ., 63, 112-12 
668 
KEY 
ABS' 
Biolo 
natur: 
recog 
mapp 
mana 
mapp 
speck 
invad 
techn 
ecolo 
receiy 
revie 
Invas; 
biolo; 
to thi 
ecosy 
accun 
grass] 
incre: 
and f 
prima 
1997; 
as à. 
major 
This 4 
assess 
coupl 
mapp 
term 
referr 
pests, 
neoph 
(Heyv 
from ; 
the cc 
LT 
biolos 
Remo 
the fi 
offeri 
  
s Co