Analyzing the Influence of Environmental Change on Water and Terrestrial Vegetation Using Satellite Data
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2025 | Viewed by 3458
Special Issue Editors
Interests: hydrological extremes; drought and vegetation monitoring; watershed management; remote sensing; watershed modeling and climate change
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Interests: remote sensing; watershed modeling; climate change impact; sediment dynamics; river basin management
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Interests: remote sensing; geoprocessing; hydrology; watershed modeling; water quality; time series analysis; water management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Examining the influence of environmental changes on water and terrestrial vegetation through the utilization of satellite data requires extensive scientific studies, which leverage satellite-derived variables such as vegetation greenness, water dynamics, and associated indicators to understand the complex interplaying factors between shifts in the environment and the dynamics of terrestrial vegetation. Assessing the impacts of environmental change, including climate fluctuations, land use change, and natural disturbances, on terrestrial vegetation is paramount to understated the variations and trends in vegetation cover, composition, and distribution across diverse landscapes. Further research comparing historical and current satellite data is essential in substantiating the cause-and-effect relationships between environmental change and terrestrial vegetation dynamics. For instance, how the variability in temperature and precipitation influence water availability, plant growth, and distribution, or how deforestation and urbanization impact local flora. The studies under this topic have far-reaching implications for various fields, including ecology, conservation, and resource management, as they can provide a comprehensive understanding of how environmental change interacts with terrestrial vegetation. As a result, policymakers and land managers can make informed decisions to mitigate the adverse impacts of environmental change.
Therefore, this Special Issue cordially invites submissions of innovative research related to the following research topics: vegetation and forest drought monitoring, land use change and its implication, impacts of climate change on vegetation greenness, risk and vulnerability assessment and management, the application of machine learning to develop vegetation monitoring system, the application of in situ measurements to validate the vegetation greenness, benefits of best management practices to enhance vegetation greenness, impacts of deforestation and urbanization on local flora and any other drought-related studies.
Dr. Yared Bayissa
Prof. Dr. Assefa M. Melesse
Prof. Dr. David de Andrade Costa
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- terrestrial vegetation
- environmental change
- vegetation dynamics
- deforestation
- drought monitoring
- climate change
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