Remote Sensing for Mapping and Forecasting of Floods and Droughts
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 February 2024) | Viewed by 357
Special Issue Editors
Interests: radar and satellite remote sensing; hydrometeorology; hydrology and water security; water-related hazards (flash floods and mudslides) modeling; water resource engineering and GIS
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Floods and droughts, as the two extremes of the hydrologic spectrum, introduce severe costs to the environment, economies, and societies worldwide. It thus becomes more challenging to monitor and forecast floods and droughts in terms of magnitudes and timings because they are sensitive to ongoing climate change and anthropogenic activities. Therefore, it is imperative for the research communities to 1) identify/monitor floods and droughts with accuracy at the high spatiotemporal resolution, 2) advance our understanding of the induced impacts and causal mechanisms, and 3) enhance forecast skills of extreme flood and drought events. Remote sensing and its integration with in situ measurements have been proven to be powerful tools in monitoring and mapping hydrological hazards, especially over undeveloped, data-scarce parts of the world. They offer tremendous opportunities to issue early warnings or support risk management of floods and droughts, thanks to their capabilities in sensing vast areas at high spatial, temporal, spectral, and radiometric resolutions.
This Special Issue aims to present new methods, technologies, and applications in mapping/forecasting floods and droughts, The purpose of this Special Issue is to collect a broad spectrum of studies that illustrate the challenges, proposed solutions, lessons learned, and future directions on the remote sensing of floods and droughts. Under the subject of ‘remote sensing of floods and droughts’, both innovative research and reviews are welcome. Specific topics can include but are not limited to:
- Applications of remote sensing for mapping hazard, vulnerability, and risk of floods or droughts.
- Identification and forecasting of flash droughts or floods using remote sensing data.
- Non-stationary frequency or trend analysis of floods or droughts using remote sensing and in situ measurements.
- Mapping and forecasting of floods or droughts enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) and big data.
- Hydro-modeling of floods or droughts aided by remote sensing data as forcing input and data assimilation/validation source.
Prof. Dr. Yang Hong
Dr. Shang Gao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- floods
- droughts
- remote sensing
- forecast
- monitoring
- mapping
