Ecological Remote Sensing
A section of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292).
Section Information
Background and Aim
Remote sensing or Earth observation offers a unique set of measurement, mapping, monitoring, and modelling tools for use in:
(1) Fundamental ecological studies, examining structures, processes and relationships between living organisms and their physical environment; and
(2) A wide range of government, community. and industry contexts, including, but not limited to, conservation biology, resource management, agriculture/grazing/horticulture/aquaculture, and forestry, in terrestrial–aquatic–atmospheric and marine ecosystems.
Remote sensing data sets and analysis techniques provide scale-specific approaches, in spatial and temporal contexts, for measurement and monitoring ecosystems at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere levels.
Ecological remote sensing needs to be supported by robust work linking field and process-based measurements, to satellite, airborne, and drone image data sets, to develop and validate algorithms and applications for use across academic, government, community, and industry sectors. These applications are inherently multi-disciplinary and require effective collaborations.
This section on Ecological Remote Sensing provides a fast and robust reviewing process on new ideas involving the use of remote sensing for ecological studies. Papers in this section build the knowledge, applications, and capacity base for advancing our global ecological remote sensing capabilities in a robust, diverse, and equitable manner by encouraging and supporting works that explicitly link field and remote sensing data sets and expertise across the range of disciplines that contribute to ecology.
Scope
Examples of the primary ecological remote sensing challenges this section will address include (i) measuring and monitoring ecological structures and processes from plant to global scales, (ii) monitoring the impacts of environmental management practices on ecological structures and processes, (iii) separating anthropogenic impacts from natural environment variability, (iv) assessing error and communication effectively for ecological remote sensing application, and (v) linking indigenous ecological understanding with Earth observations.
Editorial Board
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Awareness of Natural Hazards in the Context of Climate Change Using Remote Sensing Techniques (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Remote Sensing Applications in Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Towards Biodiversity Conservation: Remote Sensing Applications in Ecological Modeling (Deadline: 9 October 2023)
- Remote Sensing of Interaction between Human and Natural Ecosystem (Deadline: 15 October 2023)
- Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Ecological-Environment Quality (EEQ) (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Remote Sensing Applications for Blue Habitat Conservation and Restoration (Deadline: 27 October 2023)
- Remote Sensing for Land System Mapping and Monitoring (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Remote Sensing Based Monitoring of Terrestrial Ecosystem Service Bundles, Trade-Offs and Synergies II (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Remote Sensing of Arid/Semiarid Lands II (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Remote Sensing and Land Surface Process Models for Permafrost Studies II (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Remote Sensing Applications to Ecology: Opportunities and Challenges (Deadline: 1 November 2023)
- Applications of Remote Sensing in Forest Management and Biodiversity Conservation II (Deadline: 10 November 2023)
- Soil Erosion Estimation Based on Remote Sensing Data (Deadline: 15 November 2023)
- Remote Sensing of Ecosystem Structure and Function Dynamics Due to Climate Change and Human Activities (Deadline: 15 November 2023)
- Remote Sensing in Mangroves III (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
- Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies for Sustainable Ecosystem Management (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Advances in Remote Sensing of Ecohydrology (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Remote Sensing of Eco-Hydrology Processes under Ongoing Climate Change II (Deadline: 15 December 2023)
- Remote Sensing for Advancing Nature-Based Climate Solutions (Deadline: 15 December 2023)
- Linking Photosynthesis, Gross Primary Productivity and Sun-Induced Fluorescence (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- Remote Sensing for Solar Radiation Applications (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- LiDAR Metrics for Habitat Condition Indicators (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Remote Sensing of Ecosystems II (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Remote Sensing for the Study of the Changes in Wetlands (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Remote Sensing of the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- NISAR Global Observations for Ecosystem Science and Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Applications of Remote Sensing for One Health (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Remote Sensing in Urban Socio-Ecological Systems Monitoring and Assessment (Deadline: 15 January 2024)
- Application of Satellite Remote Sensing Technology in Earth System Monitoring (Deadline: 19 January 2024)
- Understanding the Movement Ecology of Wildlife on the Changing Planet (Deadline: 19 January 2024)
- Geostatistics and Spatial Data Mining for Ecological Climatology (Deadline: 19 January 2024)
- Land Degradation Assessment with Earth Observation II (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Exploring the Variations and Interplay of Drought and Heatwaves: Uncovering the Associated Mechanisms and Impacts (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Monitoring Water, Vegetation, and Soil Condition in Farmland Ecosystems: Integration of Multi-Source Remote Sensing (Deadline: 20 March 2024)
- Monitoring and Mapping Inland and Coastal Water Dynamics Based on Landsat Data (Deadline: 30 March 2024)
- Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing for Drought Characterization and Monitoring (Deadline: 15 May 2024)
