Mountains Snow in a Changing Climate
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: closed (31 October 2023)
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Cryosphere remote sensing
Interests: climate; climate change and health; climate change and media
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: Cryosphere hydrology
Special Issue Information
Mountainous regions are the freshwater sources for approximately two billion people. In mountainous regions, snow is a key component of the hydrological cycle and downstream water availability. Anomalous snow accumulation and melt cause catastrophic hazards and affect water resources. The spatiotemporal snow cover, snow water equivalent, and snowmelt processes are significant for understanding downstream water resources and managing associated hazards. Remote sensing provides an unparallel source of data to understand the large spatial extent of snow cover. Large-scale snow data are derivable from various remote sensing (low/medium/high resolution) satellites. Such data are useful for spatio-temporal changes assessment and assimilation into hydrological and climate models to predict snowmelt runoff, water resources, and early warning of downstream natural hazards. Mountain snow experiences rapid variations due to climate change. The recent advances in spatial and temporal resolution and availability of various remote sensing data with new techniques have greatly advanced snow monitoring in topographically complex mountains.
The Special Issue invites the latest research in remote sensing of snow in the changing climate. We encourage innovative research and new remote sensing techniques in mountainous areas. This Special Issue invites research on the topics, including, but not limited to:
- Remote sensing of snow;
- Data fusion, deep learning, and machine learning for snow retrieval;
- Seasonal and long-term snow cover changes;
- Snowmelt runoff and flood modelling;
- Snow hydrology;
- Hydrological droughts.
Dr. Sher Muhammad
Dr. Shaukat Ali
Dr. Yasir Latif
Dr. Adnan Ahmad Tahir
Guest Editors
Dr. Sher Muhammad
Dr. Shaukat Ali
Dr. Yasir Latif
Prof. Adnan Ahmad Tahir
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Snow cover
- Snowmelt
- Remote Sensing
- Climate Change
- Mountains.
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