Spatio-Temporal Modeling of Solar Radiation, Climate and Biogeochemical Cycles

Dear Colleagues,

This special issue will focus on the integration of remote sensing, sensors, geographical information systems (GIS), process-based models, and empirical models to quantify interactions among solar radiation, climate and biogeochemical cycles in ecological systems at local-to-global scales. Full research papers with new findings and reviews about the state-of-the-art of integration methods for spatial and temporal modeling of changes in the biosphere-atmosphere-hydrosphere-pedosphere systems are welcome. Submissions are strongly encouraged for the following topics, but are not limited to the following:

• Utilization of remotely sensed data for solar radiation (SR), photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), canopy dynamics, land-use/land-cover dynamics;
• Application of GIS and geostatistics to model feedbacks and dynamics of solar radiation and biogeochemical cycles (e.g., carbon, nitrogen, water);
• Integration of remotely sensed data, GIS, and mechanistic and empirical models to have a better understanding and quantification of interactions among solar radiation, climate, distribution of ecosystems and/or plant functional types, and biological and/or ecosystem productivity; and
• Simulation of changes in SR, PAR and cloudiness and their impacts on the structure and function of terrestrial ecosystems in response to climate change scenarios.

Prof. Dr. Turgay Ertekin
Dr. Fatih Evrendilek
Guest Editors