Remote Sensing Water Cycle: Theory, Sensors, Data, and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Global water cycle dynamics involve energy and matter exchange among the atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, and biosphere. Remote sensing has the unique advantage of continuously acquiring complex water cycle information in time and space. This Special Issue calls contributions to address such a grand challenge. The methods and sensors used to observe and predict the fluxes, storage, and movement of water across a range of space–time scales by integrating advanced remote sensing technology and numerical water models into a theory–data–application, end-to-end framework.

Specifically, emerging ideas, technologies, and paths forward in remote sensing the water cycle involves the following matters:

1. New monitoring theory and methods, particularly the development and application of airborne sensors and satellite missions, to observe hydrologic components (precipitation, evapotranspiration, soil moisture, water vapor, streamflow, groundwater, wetland, snow, sea ice, glaciers, water bodies, such as lakes and reservoirs, etc.) across a wide range of spatial and temporal scales;

2. Remote sensing big data and data analytics for gaining a better and comprehensive understanding and mapping of water distribution and variability, in response to climate change and human activities;

3. Remote sensing data-enabled global and regional hydrological applications and water resources management, to motivate new theories and applications in remote sensing hydrology and offers new ways to predict and resolve global water conflicts.

Prof. Yang Hong
Prof. Hongjie Xie
Dr. Wei Wan
Dr. Emad Hasan
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Remote Sensing is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.