Mapping the Blue: Remote Sensing in Water Resource Management
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 16 March 2026 | Viewed by 6
Special Issue Editors
Interests: remote sensing of surface water; spatiotemporal data reconstruction; deep learning for geospatial information processing
Interests: hydro-geoinformatics; flood inundation modelling; drought modelling
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Interests: remote sensing; hydraulic features monitoring; water parameter inversion; target identification
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Water is one of the most vital and vulnerable natural resources on Earth. With increasing pressure from climate change, population growth, and intensive agricultural and industrial activities, the sustainable management of water resources has become a global priority. Advances in remote sensing and geographic information systems (GISs) have opened up unprecedented opportunities to monitor, analyze, and model water systems across spatial and temporal scales. From mapping open surface water bodies and wetlands to monitoring soil moisture, evapotranspiration, and flood dynamics, remote sensing and GIS technologies have proven indispensable for hydrological research and decision-making.
This Special Issue aims to bring together recent advances in the application of remote sensing and GISs for water resource management. We welcome original research articles, reviews, and case studies that address new methods, datasets, and applications that align with the journal's scope on remote sensing theory, techniques, and interdisciplinary integration. Contributions may focus on the development of novel algorithms, the fusion of multi-source data (e.g., optical, SAR, thermal, LiDAR), or the use of AI and big data in hydrological analysis. Submissions that provide insights into operational monitoring, early warning systems, and policy-relevant applications are especially encouraged.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Surface water mapping and dynamics;
- Soil moisture retrieval and drought monitoring;
- Flood and inundation mapping;
- Snow and glacier monitoring;
- Groundwater and aquifer assessment;
- Wetland and water quality analysis;
- Hydrological modeling supported by EO data;
- Integration of remote sensing, GIS, and machine learning for water-related applications.
Dr. Junjie Li
Dr. Yun Chen
Dr. Wen Zhang
Guest Editors
Ms. Xiaobing Wei
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- water resource management
- remote sensing applications
- flood and drought monitoring
- hydrological modeling
- surface water mapping
- geographic information science
- multi-source data fusion
- artificial intelligence
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