Land Surface Processes and Interactions—From HCMM to Sentinel Missions and beyond

Dear Colleagues,

Civilian Earth observation has developed from its first, primarily experimental and empirical applications to the quantification of the state of land surface and related processes. This Special Issue will review the achievements in science, technology, and applications in land surface processes and Interactions since the launch of the first Applications Explorer Mission, the Heat Capacity Monitoring Mission (HCMM), by NASA (1978-1980), and will continue to the recent Sentinels missions by the EC/ESA. We also aim to define future challenges related to the understanding of land surface processes and interactions.

We would like to invite you to submit articles regarding your recent research in land surface processes and interactions related to the following topics:

• Retrospective – Achievements in land surface processes and interactions
  • Optical remotes sensing missions and techniques
  • Thermal remote sensing missions and techniques
  • Applications in monitoring of irrigation and water use
  • Applications in monitoring water resources

• Perspective – Current and future satellite missions
  • Vegetation and carbon observation missions
  • Water cycle observation missions

Review articles covering one or more of these topics are also welcome.

Authors are required to check and follow specific Instructions to Authors, see https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/165068305/Remote_Sensing-Additional_Instructions.pdf.

Prof. Dr. Bob Su
Dr. Yijian Zeng
Dr. Zoltán Vekerdy
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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