Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS in Land and Soil Resources

Dear Colleagues,

Agriculture is the source of food and clothing, which are the foundations of human survival. It is necessary to master the quantity, quality, spatial distribution and spatiotemporal evolution of agricultural resources. Land and soil resources are important natural resources for human survival and development, and the collaborative application of GIS and remote sensing technology has demonstrated significant advantages in their investigation, monitoring and evaluation.

This Special Issue will focus on the latest advances in spatiotemporal evolution and monitoring of land and soil resources with remote sensing technology and GIS. We are seeking original manuscripts on topics including (but not limited to):

• Land-use/cover change and simulation;
• Land-use monitoring;
• Soil remote sensing;
• Soil spatial variability;
• Spatiotemporal evolution of soil resources;
• Land/soil resources assessment;
• Dynamic monitoring of soil erosion;
• Remote-sensing monitoring of agricultural crops;
• Information extraction of crop with remote sensing;
• Diagnosis of crop nutrition with remote sensing.

Dr. Xiaoguang Zhang
Prof. Dr. Yanbing Qi
Dr. Zhigang Wang
Dr. Mingsong Zhao
Guest Editors

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