Remote Sensing for Soil Environments

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims at advancing soil monitoring through remote sensing while exploring new dimensions and environmental impacts. Soil, comprising more than 25% of global biodiversity, plays a critical role in sustaining life and supporting ecosystems. It serves as the foundation of food chains, nourishing both humans and aboveground biodiversity. With the global population projected to reach nearly 10 billion by 2050, the demand for food and clean drinking water will increase substantially. To address these challenges, remote sensing techniques offer a powerful tool for studying soils at local and regional scales, providing valuable insights into various soil properties. The advent of new sensors with diverse resolutions, coupled with detailed ground measurements and innovative AI approaches, has opened up new avenues for soil monitoring. The applicability of remote sensing to that end encompasses a range of methods for detecting and characterizing soils. It leverages different resolutions, such as spectral, spatial, and temporal, to capture essential information about the soil body. By employing various sensors, remote sensing can contribute to the monitoring of carbon sequestration, soil health, soil moisture, compaction, erosion, and dust production. These examples represent just a fraction of the potential applications of remote sensing in studying the soil environment.

This Special Issue aims to gather original research on the remote sensing of soils, employing all available means and platforms, from ground-based to satellite-based observations. We invite contributions that explore the behavior of soil as a source of life, its interactions with the environment, and its role as an ecological pillar. This Special Issue will specifically emphasize the use of passive and active remote sensing sensors, encompassing the optical, thermal, and micro regions. By highlighting the impact of these sensors on the environment, both individually and collectively, we seek to advance our understanding of soil monitoring and its broader implications.

Prof. Dr. Eyal Ben-Dor
Guest Editor

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