Drought impacts on Australian vegetation during the Millennium Drought measured with multi-source spaceborne remote sensing

During the period from 1997 to 2009, Australia experienced a severe and persistent drought known as the Millennium Drought (MD). Major water shortages were reported across the continent as were various field accounts of tree mortality and dieback, but large-area assessment has been lacking. Given uncertain projections of future drought conditions in South-East Australia, analysis of the MD presents a valuable opportunity to assess possible impacts of these future trends. In this study, we analyzed the <strong>magnitude and sensitivity of vegetation responses to the MD</strong> with satellite-derived information including the fraction of photosynthetically absorbed radiation (FPAR), photosynthetic vegetation cover (PVC), canopy density derived from vegetation optical depth (VOD) and aboveground biomass carbon (ABC). <strong>Bioclimatic diferences in drought impacts and sensitivity</strong> were examined as well. Here are generated datasets and related codes for processing. Drought impcats and sensitivities for FPAR and PVC are too large to be uploaded but users could calculate their own results with the codes provided here. See Metadata.txt for details.