REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
Scope & Guideline
Bridging Technology and Nature through Remote Sensing.
Introduction
Aims and Scopes
- Remote Sensing Technology and Methodologies:
The journal emphasizes the development and application of advanced remote sensing technologies, including satellite imagery, UAV (drone) data, and LiDAR. It explores new algorithms and models for extracting meaningful environmental information from these technologies. - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment:
Research published in the journal often focuses on monitoring environmental changes, such as deforestation, land degradation, and climate change impacts through multi-temporal satellite data analysis. - Biophysical Parameter Retrieval:
A significant focus is on retrieving biophysical parameters (e.g., vegetation indices, biomass, chlorophyll content) from remote sensing data, which are crucial for understanding ecosystem health and productivity. - Integration of Remote Sensing with Ground Data:
The journal promotes research that integrates remote sensing data with ground-based measurements to validate and enhance the accuracy of remote sensing-derived information. - Climate and Hydrological Studies:
Papers often investigate the interactions between climate variables and hydrological processes, utilizing remote sensing to study phenomena such as evapotranspiration, drought, and water resources management. - Urban and Land Use Studies:
The journal includes research on urbanization effects, land use change detection, and the implications of these changes on local and global scales, using high-resolution satellite imagery.
Trending and Emerging
- Machine Learning and AI Applications:
The use of machine learning and artificial intelligence in processing and analyzing remote sensing data is on the rise. This includes applications for classification, regression, and prediction tasks across various environmental domains. - High-Resolution Remote Sensing:
There is a growing trend towards using high-resolution satellite imagery and UAV data for detailed environmental monitoring, allowing for fine-scale analyses of changes in ecosystems and urban areas. - Climate Change Impact Studies:
Research focusing on the impacts of climate change is increasingly prominent, with remote sensing being used to monitor changes in land cover, temperature anomalies, and shifting ecological patterns. - Integration of Remote Sensing and Citizen Science:
Emerging studies are combining remote sensing with citizen science data to enhance environmental monitoring efforts, particularly in areas like biodiversity and land use changes. - Focus on Carbon Dynamics and Greenhouse Gas Emissions:
There is an increasing emphasis on quantifying carbon dynamics and greenhouse gas emissions using remote sensing techniques, reflecting the urgency of addressing climate change.
Declining or Waning
- Traditional Land Cover Mapping Techniques:
There seems to be a decline in the use of conventional methods for land cover classification, as more advanced machine learning and deep learning techniques become prevalent, offering better accuracy and efficiency. - Low-Resolution Remote Sensing Applications:
Applications relying on low-resolution satellite data are becoming less frequent, as researchers increasingly focus on high-resolution and multi-source data for more detailed analyses. - Empirical Models Without Integration of Remote Sensing:
There is a noticeable decrease in studies that rely solely on empirical models without incorporating remote sensing data, as the integration of remote sensing with modeling is now more favored. - Single-Sensor Studies:
Research focusing exclusively on a single type of remote sensing data (e.g., only Landsat or MODIS) is declining in favor of studies that leverage multi-sensor data to improve the robustness of findings.
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