Remote Sensing Applications for Hydrogeography and Climatology

Dear Colleagues,

Water fluxes at the land surface are highly variable, both spatially and temporally. The increasing pressure upon our water resources requires that spatial and temporal patterns of hydrological fluxes be recognized in order to mitigate flood and drought effects, to improve water use efficiency (e.g., for agriculture) or to better utilize natural (e.g., soil, groundwater) or human-made water storage. Remote sensing techniques play a key role in accessing hydrological state variables (e.g., soil moisture), water fluxes (e.g., precipitation) or drivers for hydrological fluxes (e.g., LAI), particularly in regions with sparse ground-based measurement networks. A wealth of satellite based systems is available today that provide data and products. These satellite systems are augmented by systems that focus on regional or field scale (e.g., UAVs).

This Special Issue will focus particularly on papers assessing the properties and functions of critical zones governing hydrological fluxes on local to watershed scales. Examples of these critical zones are the soil surface, as it partitions infiltration and surface runoff, the root zone, as it partitions groundwater recharge and transpiration, the plant–soil interface, as it governs evapotranspiration or the riparian zone, as it is essential for ground and surface water interactions. Original research papers and/or review papers that address the use and accuracy of remote sensing data and products to investigate these fluxes, to provide model parameters, to drive models or to improve water management practices are particularly invited.

Prof. Dr. Karl Schneider
Prof. Dr. Harrie-Jan Hendricks Franssen
Guest Editors

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