Special Issue "Remote Sensing of Water Resources"

Special Issue Water resources, the major driving force on our planet, support numerous ecosystems and cultural services from maintaining biodiversity, nutrient cycling, and enhancing primary productivity; to recreation, ecotourism, transport, and other cultural uses. The pressure on water resources has been on the rise and will continue to increase in the coming years because of increased frequency of drought, urbanization, urban population growth, deforestation, increased use of fertilizers and pesticides, and spread of invasive species. Therefore, accurate, inexpensive, and fast monitoring tools using remote sensing technology are needed for timely implementation of conservation and restoration measures in problematic areas. This special issue on “remote sensing of water resources” is specifically designed to highlight some of the remote sensing-driven applied research currently being performed to solve the aforementioned problems in water resources. In addition to the specific topics listed below, manuscripts in the area of novel algorithm development, models for new satellite sensor, and long-term time series and trend analysis of water quality parameters for specific water bodies are also encouraged. List of topics to be covered in this special issue: Nuisance blooms detection and management Coastal water quality issues (e.g., hypoxia, algal blooms, light limitation, pollutants) Submerged aquatic vegetation and benthic algae Effect of land use land cover change on water quality Nutrient management and water quality Draught and water quality Spread of invasive species and water quality Tools (software, GUI) used for monitoring water resources