Application of Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing to Investigate Water Energy Balance Process

Dear Colleagues,

Investigating the thermodynamics of water bodies, including both inland and marine systems, is important to understanding their ecological functions and responses to climate change. Water bodies exhibit distinct physical properties compared to their surrounding terrestrial environments, such as reduced albedo, lower surface roughness, and elevated heat capacity. Under a warming climate, global water thermodynamics are exhibiting significant variation that affects internal nutrient and oxygen transport and, in turn, alters aquatic ecosystems. Due to the high cost and difficulty of ground-based observations, our understanding of thermal processes within these waters remains limited. Satellite-based observations have shown considerable potential for providing continuous records of indices related to water energy  over large spatial extents, thereby overcoming the limitations inherent in traditional point-based in situ measurements. Therefore, satellite-based observations are increasingly used to monitor parameters related to water energy balance and to various inputs, parameters, or outputs for driving, calibrating, or validating numerical models.

This Special Issue aims to provide an international forum for sharing innovative theories, methodologies, and applications that could unlock the full potential of multi-source remote sensing data and thus provide a better understanding water energy balance processes.

We welcome original research articles and comprehensive review papers focusing on the applications of remote sensing in lake energy dynamics. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Remote sensing retrieval algorithms for parameters related to energy balance on the water surface;
• Dynamic monitoring and analysis of water energy balance processes;
• Assimilation and application of remote sensing data in energy balance modeling;
• Uncertainty in remote sensing data or products for monitoring parameters related to water energy;
• Monitoring the key drivers, feedback indicators, and parameters related to water energy processes;
• Impact of water energy balance on the ecological environment and its relationship with the carbon cycle.

Dr. Linan Guo
Dr. Yanhong Wu
Dr. Junfeng Xiong
Guest Editors

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