Monitoring Environmental Indicators with Geotechnologies
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 32
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental sciences; agrometeorology; remote sensing
Interests: agrometeorology; remote sensing
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Dear Colleagues,
Long-term observations and modelling have evidenced alterations in the climatic systems of several regions of the world, and these have been attributed to human activities. In addition, land use changes can affect groundwater. For a sustainable exploration of natural resources, the management of resources is important, especially the monitoring of environmental indicators based on energy, water, and carbon balances.
Large-scale assessments of these balances throughout the years are important, particularly when aiming to deliver reductions in the excess water used in agriculture, promoting higher water availability for the maintenance of ecosystems. Assessing the dynamics of these balances is crucial for ecological restoration and for assessing the impact of climate and land use changes. The use of environmental indicators through geotechnologies is relevant for the quantification of any anomalies and achieving this purpose. However, field measurements for these assessments fail in upscaling the results to larger scales, highlighting the relevance of remote sensing, together with weather data.
This call is for research that applies algorithms with the coupled use of remote sensing and weather data, aiming at achieving spatial and temporal analyses of environmental indicators, as well as their anomalies, over the years in distinct biomes. The thematic maps involve measurements and modelling of albedo, surface temperature, NDVI, evapotranspiration, sensible heat flux, ground heat flux, biomass production, water productivity, soil moisture, and agrometeorological indices, supporting environmental policies under the conditions of climate and land use changes.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Antonio Teixeira
Dr. Janice Freitas Leivas
Dr. Celina Maki Takemura
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- environmental indicators
- remote sensing
- agrometeorology
- water productivity
- land use
- biomass production
- soil moisture
- agrometeorological
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