Remote Sensing of Lake Properties and Dynamics
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Biogeosciences Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2021) | Viewed by 45258
Special Issue Editor
Interests: remote sensing of terrestrial and aquatic systems; geographic information science (GIS); applied spatial analysis; cartography and geovisualization
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Our planet is home to over 100 million lakes. These lakes play multiple important roles in the Earth’s environmental systems and local- to global-scale economies. A short list of their contributions would include water and carbon cycling, wildlife habitat, navigation, fisheries, recreation, and the provision of water for domestic consumption, agriculture, and industry. At the same time, lakes are under increasing threat from climate change, water withdrawals, point- and nonpoint-source pollution, invasive species, and other factors.
Remote sensing has been used for decades to monitor the properties and dynamics of lakes. With the proliferation of new sensors (optical and thermal imaging, active and passive microwave, laser altimeters, and others) and new sensing platforms—from UAVs to multi-satellite constellations—the opportunities for novel applications of remote sensing in lake research have never been more promising.
In this Special Issue, we will highlight research on the use of remote sensing systems for characterizing the properties of lakes and monitoring lake dynamics over space and time. Potential subjects of investigation include the dynamics of water storage in lakes (including surface area, water level, and volume); optical properties such as water clarity and the quantification of various color-producing agents; harmful algal blooms (HABs); water temperature; lake ice; lake bathymetry and geomorphology; shoreline processes and lake/land interactions; and the ecological dynamics of lakes. It is hoped that the papers in this Special Issue will contribute to the wider and more effective adoption of remote sensing methods by limnologists, lake managers, and others concerned with the state and fate of the world’s lakes.
Dr. Jonathan Chipman
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Lakes
- Limnology
- Water resources
- Aquatic systems
- Ecology
- Hydrology