Agrometeorology Research for Sustainable Development Goals

Dear Colleagues,

The present cpntext increasingly highlights the need for dialogue between science and society. In this context, scientific journals play a very important role in filtering “what will be passed on” as science to people. We live in an environment of increasing need for accurate, precise and reliable information, not only because it is an intrinsic part of the scientific method but also because this information should serve justification for the adoption of public policies to solve the problems raised in research. There is a consensus among the scientific community that the key issue at present is “climate change”, and one of the elements of the system that most correlatea with climate is agricultural production and its relation to terrestrial biomes and their vast biodiversity with complex ecohydrological and biophysical mosaics. This topic justifies a Special Issue, which would determine which approaches are guiding discussions on the subject and priority areas for the scientific community. However, we need to go further, because Earth is our only planet. This fact had made us reflect on our role in the search for a more sustainable and environmentally conscious planet for cause-versus-effect activities, which are usually the main focus of the works. In order to not only to obtain answers in a world dominated by questions but also adopt the conclusions as a constructive part of our critical sense about the planet, such as its needs, its potential and the best ways of using its resources, this Special Issue offers agrometeorology numerous tools related to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The potential topics of this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Carbon and other-element cycling and greenhouse gas emissions;
• The interactions of vegetation and hydrology with climate change and human disturbances;
• The responses of microbial communities and functions to climate change and human disturbances;
• Greenhouse and plant factory environment simulation;
• Eddy covariance measurements in agriculture;
• Water use monitoring and irrigation management;
• Crop nutrient monitoring and sustainable fertilization.

Dr. Gabriel Brito Costa
Dr. Lucieta Guerreiro Martorano
Dr. Bergson Guedes Bezerra
Guest Editors

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