Satellite Soil Moisture Validation and Applications
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 2022) | Viewed by 48702
Special Issue Editors
Interests: remote sensing; earth system and climate science; soil moisture and drought monitoring; water-energy-food nexus; environment and fire science
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Interests: soil moisture; flood; drought; irrigation; remote sensing
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Interests: in-situ soil moisture network validation; scaling of land surface parameters to satellite scale; validation of satellite soil moisture products
Interests: microwave remote sensing techniques and algorithms; global water cycle; cryosphere
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Interests: satellite remote sensing applications; earth sciences and climate change; soil moisture and drought monitoring; data science and high performance computing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Soil moisture is a key element of our Earth’s system and an important indicator of climate change. Soil is the medium for plant growth and the substrate for all biogeochemical and biogeophysical processes. Its unique natural organization forms the foundation of any food–water–energy nexus system. In addition, soil is a very large reservoir for water and carbon with strong influences on local, regional, and global climate. The purpose of the 6th Satellite Soil Moisture and Application Workshop (15-17 Sept. 2020 in Perugia, Italy) is to discuss and reconcile recent methodological advances in the development, validation and application of satellite soil moisture observations. The workshop series is unique as it brings together users and developers of satellite soil moisture measurements with the aim of deriving and exploiting soil moisture from passive and active microwave satellite missions\sensors as well as optical instruments. The topics of the Special Issue include:
- Soil Moisture Data Product Validation;
- Space and in situ soil moisture measurements;
- Soil Moisture Applications in Natural Hazards Monitoring;
- Weather and Climate Modeling;
- The Role of Soil Moisture in Carbon Cycle and Ecology;
- Hydrology and Water Resources;
- Agriculture and Food Security.
- Soil-Ecosystem-Carbon-Climate (SECC) Nexus
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus
- WMO Soil Moisture Demonstration Project (SMDP)
- International Soil Moisture Standard and Guidelines
Prof. Dr. John J. Qu
Dr. Luca Brocca
Dr. Michael H. Cosh
Dr. Andreas Colliander
Prof. Dr. Xianjun Hao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- satellite
- soil moisture
- validation
- applications
- standard
- guideline
- demonstration
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