Toward Digital Drought Management in Irrigated Agriculture: Challenge, Opportunity and Application
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Use and Irrigation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 February 2021) | Viewed by 322
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Interests: drought; climate change; precision agriculture; unmanned aerial systems (UASs); unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); smart farming; digital agriculture; pest management; remote sensing; sensors
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Dear Colleagues,
Drought increasingly threatens the sustainability of water resources in many regions around the world. The United States, for example, has experienced 17 drought years during the period 1980–2018 that have exceeded $171 billion in damages and costs, equivalent to an average annual loss of about $8.5 billion. Given current trends in climate variability, population growth, and urbanization, economic losses from drought are likely to continue and increase. One very effective way to mitigate some of these costs and potential catastrophic losses in irrigated agriculture is to use fast-moving technology, such as unmanned aerial systems (UASs), wireless sensor networks, and artificial intelligence (AI), to improve our understanding of the factors that drive the onset and development of drought conditions at local and regional scales, enabling planners and end-users to more effectively manage and meter out their limited water resources.
This Special Issue aims to provide researchers from academia, industry, government entities, and private sectors with the opportunity to share digital farming experiences, technology, and skillsets to improve valued-added irrigated agriculture, with a particular focus on:
1.improving drought forecasting, monitoring, and outlook using big data;
2. increasing productivity in irrigated agriculture using remote sensing technologies (e.g., satellites, UASs, unmanned ground systems);
3. promoting pest management strategies associated with drought;
4. advancing irrigation technology with innovative solutions;
5. integrating wireless sensor networks with the Internet of Things (IoT) and/or AI for drought management;
6. exploring drought management alternatives by working with stakeholders in a changing climate; and
7.discussing future digital farming practice in a changing global environment possibly affected by COVID-19.
Prof. Dr. Jae Hyeon Ryu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- drought
- precision agriculture
- remote sensing
- unmanned aerial systems
- unmanned ground systems
- wireless sensing networks
- irrigated agriculture.
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