Remote Sensing for Agricultural Water Management (RSAWM) (Second Edition)

Dear Colleagues,

Global warming is changing precipitation patterns, exacerbating extreme events such as droughts, floodings, heat waves and windstorms. This intensification, along with the impact of human activities, threatens water availability and quality, as well as soil fertility, putting a strain on the resilience of the agriculture sector. Monitoring and managing water resources is becoming more and more necessary to avoid wasting this precious resource. In this context, the availability of detailed information on the water cycle is crucial to plan a sustainable water allocation between different competing users and guide farmers and authorities in the adoption of more effective water saving practices.

Such information can be acquired using new technologies and remote sensing instruments, and exploiting advances in computing performance, data processing and modeling are also the key elements.

This Special Issue solicits papers dealing with innovative strategies, approaches, techniques and tools able to build a comprehensive water management framework to encompass and link all the phases, from the drivers to the impacts and responses.

A multi-data-driven approach based on high-resolution multi-platform and multi-mission EO data that integrate climate, soil, hydrogeological, vegetation and water use (e.g., irrigation practices) metrics is highly recommended, together with the use of innovative machine learning methodologies.

Dr. Ramona Magno
Dr. Paolo Filippucci
Guest Editors

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