Remote Sensing for Water Monitoring in Agricultural Management and Development
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Remote Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 10021
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Remote Sensing is indispensable source of data for the water resources management for sustainable development and is a primary source where the in-situ data collection is challenging due to sparse monitoring networks. Optimizing long-term agricultural land planning and achieving water security and increased resilience to hydrological extremes requires a good understanding of water resources dynamics at the basin scale. Satellite-based sensors are now capable of making direct and indirect measurements of nearly all components of the hydrological cycle. The reconstructed variables are precipitation, evaporation, lake and river levels, soil moisture, overland water, snow, and ground water storage. Although some of these satellite remote sensing products are less theoretically grounded and numerically developed than others, and limitations are posed by the inverse nature of the reconstructing of multi-component system, large spatial coverage and the high temporal resolution means that they can provide near global information in near real time. There is a clear need to share approaches and cutting-edge ideas that can be used to strengthen the approach of investigating mean state of water resources, to improve seasonal forecasts of hydrologic variables and prepare for potential agricultural impacts of hydrological hazards. To meet this urgent need, a Special Issue on “Remote Sensing for Water Monitoring in Agricultural Management and Development’” has been accepted by the leading international journal Sensors, to address the technical challenges for satellite monitoring or estimating of water resources.
We sincerely solicit your contributions in this field to our Sensors Special Issue. Research or review articles with respect to the following topics are welcome:
- Reconstructing the components of water balance by remote sensing;
- Soil moisture estimation by remote sensing;
- Vegetation processes indicators derived from remote sensing evapotranspiration retrievals;
- Solving agricultural planning optimization problem based on satellite data;
- Assimilation of remote sensing data in the forecast hydrological models;
- The research basins with long-term in situ monitoring for the satellite product validation;
- Novel mathematical methods for interpretation of the remote sensing data in water management;
- Flood control drought preparedness and mitigation and irrigation planning based on remote sensing data.
Dr. Alla Yurova
Guest Editor
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