Structure and Trend Monitoring of Forest Vegetation and Savanna Based on UAS Platform
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2023) | Viewed by 25900
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental analysis with Remote Sensing and GIS technics; Ummanned Aerial Systems; geographic database and web map platforms
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: land use and land cover mapping; remote sensing in agriculture; remote sensing of environment
Interests: Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS); wetlands and forest mapping; digital image processing; remote sensing of environment
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Research on remote sensing techniques has undergone major changes in the past decade, in terms of data acquisition and applications. In the light of recent technological revolutions, unmanned aerial systems (UAS) represent an important part of these advances, especially in the monitoring of forest and savanna ecosystems around the Earth. Given their flexibility of spatial, temporal and spectral resolution, UAS are capable of differentiating tree species, vegetation structure, plant growth and productivity, biomass, and terrain features related to soil, geomorphology, and geology. In times of climate change, water resources shortage, and increasing levels of burning and deforestation, it is essential that new remote sensing technologies are used to monitor different aspects of the landscape and environment. In this special issue, emphasis will be given to forest and savanna ecosystems. In this scope, we would like to invite you to send submissions on the following topics:
- Land use and land cover mapping.
- Monitoring ecosystem services: soil, water and carbon stock.
- Biomass and tree species identification.
- Geomorphology and geology analyses.
- Multispectral, hyperspectral and LiDAR applications.
- Integrating long-term field and UAS remotely sensed data.
- Fire risk and impacts on vegetation structure.
- Monitoring of forest/savanna restoration structure parameters.
- Multi-sensor integration for environmental and climate assessment.
- UAS remote sensing data for planning and policy making.
- Future trends and gaps in UAS remote sensing science.
Dr. Manuel Eduardo Ferreira
Dr.Edson Eyji Sano
Dr.Gustavo Manzon Nunes
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
- UAS applications in forest and savanna
- Terrain analysis
- Biomass and carbon stock
- Canopy height and tree species
- Advanced onboard UAS sensors
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