Remote Sensing of Mountain and Plateau Vegetation (Second Edition)

Dear Colleagues,

Global warming and accelerating CO₂ concentrations are having widespread impacts on terrestrial ecosystems, and the effects on vegetation dynamics in mountain and plateau regions are likely to have become more pronounced over the last 30 years. Mountains and plateaus are typically the sources of rivers, and their vegetation plays a crucial role in climate change mitigation and local ecological security and is essential in human sustainable development. There is increasing evidence suggesting that the rate of climate warming is accelerating in mountain and plateau environments, which will inevitably affect changes and zonal distribution patterns in vegetation and thus affect the regional and even global carbon cycle. However, the effects of climate change on vegetation, carbon, and the water cycle in mountain and plateau regions are not yet well known. Remote sensing has been widely used for its unparalleled advantages in detecting surface information on a global and regional scale. Therefore, we welcome submissions of studies on applications of remote sensing technology to study vegetation, water, and carbon in mountain and plateau regions and their response to climate change.

Dr. Zhaoqi Wang
Dr. Donghai Wu
Dr. Hao Wang
Guest Editors

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