Dear Colleagues,

It is our pleasure to invite you to submit original papers on the topic “From Observations to End-User Engagement: Operational Applications of Remote Sensing to Inland and Coastal Waters.”

With the operational data streams from the Sentinel missions and the Copernicus program of the European Space Agency and the maturity of emerging observations from miniature satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles, remote sensing technology is moving towards long-term sustainable data streaming, forming the basis for its operational use. In particular, setting up remote sensing (RS) services for inland and coastal waters provides an instrument for early warning and mitigation on extended spatiotemporal scales. However, the added value of any RS-based service is determined, primarily, by its uptake by the end-users, e.g., managers, governmental organizations, private companies, and/or the general public.

With your original contributions, this Special Issue will answer vital questions on the added values of observation and end-user engagement:

1. Observation
   1. What are the recent advances in remote sensing applications to inland and coastal waters? For this question the authors are invited to address the following topics:
      1. Technology: new sensors and sensing techniques
      2. Techniques for triple sensors collocation (onsite biophysical sensors + radiance sensors + satellites) addressing spatial and temporal mismatches and uncertainty
      3. Citizen and data science
      4. Predictions and early warning systems
      5. Effect of climate change and climate change projections

2. End-user engagement
   1. What are the users’ requirements for better and tailored services? For this question the authors are invited to address:
      1. Users’ requirements from different perspectives: instrumentation, application, and/or accuracy
      2. Sustainability of the users’ engagement and enhancing the uptake of remote sensing services

The Special Issue will accept review and research papers with a focus on remote sensing applications for inland and coastal waters.

Dr. Mhd. Suhyb Salama
Dr. Steef Peters
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Remote Sensing is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• Inland
• Coastal
• Water quality
• Remote sensing
• Earth observation
• Citizen science
• Date science
• User requirements
• Predictions
• Early warning systems
• Climate change