Root Dynamics Tracking Using Remote Sensing
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 466
Special Issue Editor
Interests: hyperspectral; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV); belowground carbon; root exudates; ecological modelling; methane biogeochemistry
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Dear Colleagues,
The provision of spatial data sets of the biosphere is crucial for biogeochemical model development, understanding the effects of disturbance, and factor prominently in the development of climate change mitigation strategies. While the utility of remote sensing as an aboveground biomass monitoring tool at plot to global scales has expanded tremendously in recent years, the science of belowground biomass monitoring lags. Further work is needed to go beyond species-, region-, and/or climate-specific “root-to-shoot” ratios, and to develop a remote sensing framework that exploits all available information on aboveground vegetation traits and environmental drivers to predict the root system physical structure, defined by the quantity, morphology, and spatial distribution of biomass.
The aim of this Special Issue is to present state-of-the-art research about technological and methodological developments on belowground biomass monitoring. Articles covering but not limited to recent researches about the following topics are invited for this Special Issue:
- Novel sensor designs or deployment for tandem monitoring of above- and belowground biomass.
- Innovative usage of remote sensing information to link above and belowground biomass, function, and traits;
- Fusion of remote sensing data from multiple sources (satellite, airborne, drones, and field spectroscopy) to improve estimates of the quantity, morphology, and spatial distribution of root biomass;
- Usage of unmanned aerial vehicle remote sensing in agriculture and applications in quantifying root stress and diseases;
- The use root tracking to improve modelling of primary productivity and ecosystem functioning at local to global scales;
- Assimilation of remote sensing proxies of root traits into process-based models for monitoring the functional status of vegetation.
Dr. Cameron Proctor
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Root Dynamics
- Belowground Biomass/Carbon Stocks
- Root: Shoot Ratios
- Rhizosphere Processes
- Upscaling
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