Multi-Platform Hydrometeorological Monitoring and Analysis Using Remote Sensing (Second Edition)
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: 31 May 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: X-band weather radar; dual-polarization; precipitation and microphysical estimation; precipitation retrieval; flash flood; nowcasting; simulation and modelling
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Interests: remote sensing; weather radar; precipitation; flood forecasting; atmospheric turbulence; air–sea interaction
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Interests: remote sensing of the environment; water color remote sensing; hydrological remote sensing; hydrology modelling and data assimilation; climate change and environment response; disaster monitoring
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent decades, advances in multi-platform remote sensing and numerical weather and hydrological modelling have transformed our ability to observe and understand the dynamics of the atmosphere and the water cycle. The rapid growth of satellite, radar, UAV, ground-based and reanalysis datasets, together with modern modelling and data-assimilation techniques, now offers unprecedented opportunities for high-resolution monitoring and the prediction of hydrometeorological processes.
Leveraging these capabilities is essential for supporting improving water-resource management and enhancing early warning systems for hydrometeorological hazards such as heavy rainfall, floods, droughts and severe convective storms.
This Special Issue aims to advance multi-platform hydrometeorological monitoring and analysis using remote sensing and integrated modelling approaches. We invite submissions that develop or apply remote sensing techniques and multi-source data fusion to address emerging meteorological and hydrological challenges, and to demonstrate innovative applications of modern observation and modelling systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Retrieval and validation of weather and hydrological parameters from single- and multi-sensor remote sensing.
- Multi-platform integration (e.g., satellite, radar, UAV, in situ, model outputs) for hydrometeorological analysis and prediction.
- Remote-sensing-based assessment of hydrometeorological extremes and related disasters.
- Novel algorithms, machine-learning approaches and data assimilation methods for monitoring and forecasting hydrometeorological processes.
- Development, intercomparison or improvement of models and tools for operational applications.
We particularly welcome contributions that provide new insights, innovative methodologies or improved tools, as well as case studies in complex environments and regions vulnerable to hydrometeorological risk.
Dr. Marios Anagnostou
Dr. John Kalogiros
Dr. Jianzhong Lu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- remote sensing of hydrology
- weather radar
- multi-platform analysis
- soil moisture
- precipitation
- evapotranspiration
- meteorology
- weather reanalysis
- flood and drought
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