Remote Sensing for Hydrogeological/Hydrological Modelling and Applications: Second Edition
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Remote Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 September 2026 | Viewed by 808
Special Issue Editors
Interests: watershed hydrology; remote sensing of water resources; hydrologic data assimilation
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Interests: hydrology; hydrometeorology; soil moisture; microwave remote sensing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Following the success of the previous Special Issue “Remote Sensing for Hydrogeological/Hydrological Modelling and Applications (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/remote_hydrologeological_water) we are pleased to announce the next in the series, entitled “Remote Sensing for Hydrogeological/Hydrological Modelling and Applications: Second Edition”.
Water is essential for all life on Earth. Water security and sustainable water resource management are some of the most urgent challenges that the world faces today given that the water cycle behaviour and spatial and temporal patterns of water resources are being increasingly impacted by climate change. Recent advances in data collection from satellite-based remote sensing (Earth observation) have opened up new opportunities to better understand water cycle behaviour and how it is changing in response to climate change.
This Special Issue focuses on Earth observation applications to improve our understanding of variability in water cycle behaviour and water resources, a necessary step toward evidence-based sustainable water resources management and water security. We welcome submissions that are related, but not limited, to the following topics:
- Development of retrieval algorithms for various types of satellite hydrologic products (precipitation, soil moisture, snow and ice, terrestrial water storage, evapotranspiration, streamflow, lake or river water levels, etc.);
- Validation of satellite hydrologic products using ground measurements;
- Monitoring of hydroclimatic extreme events (e.g., floods and droughts) from Earth observation;
- Satellite detection of variability in regional or global surface water and groundwater resources as influenced by climate change and/or human activities;
- Application of satellite hydrologic products in computational models (e.g., data assimilation, model calibration);
- An integrated use of Earth observation, ground measurements, and computational modelling for advancing our understanding of the physical processes that govern water movement in the surface/subsurface domains of the Earth system.
Dr. Xiaoyong Xu
Dr. Amen Al-Yaari
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- earth observation
- satellite hydrologic products
- water cycle
- water resources’ sustainability
- water security
- climate change
- data assimilation
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