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Satellite-Based Climate Change and Sustainability Studies

A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Remote Sensing".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2024 | Viewed by 1835

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. John J. Qu

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Professor and Director, GENRI & ESTC, Department of Geography and GeoInformation Science (GGS), Global Environment and Natural Resources Institute (GENRI), College of Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA
Interests: remote sensing; earth system and climate science; soil moisture and drought monitoring; water-energy-food nexus; environment and fire science
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Prof. Dr. Xianjun Hao

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GENRI & ESTC, Department of Geography and GeoInformation Science (GGS), Global Environment and Natural Resources Institute (GENRI), College of Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA
Interests: satellite remote sensing applications; earth sciences and climate change; soil moisture and drought monitoring; data science and high performance computing
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Dr. Zhiliang Zhu

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U.S. Geological Survey, Ecosystems Mission Area, Reston, VA 20192, USA
Interests: climate change

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The changing climate threatens the very existence of the human community and the environment. It also functions to destabilize the resilience of global ecosystems as well as impact water, energy, food and public health. The Earth’s water–energy–food–health (WEFH) nexus is a complex system of interdependent relationships that requires using remote sensing technology for monitoring and research as well as valuable information to guarantee the well-being of society and the environment.

This Special Issue aims to showcase the latest advances in satellite-based applications in climate change and sustainability studies. The issue will focus on innovative approaches and techniques that utilize remote sensing measurements to address climate change challenges and promote sustainability as well as explore the vast potential of satellite-based applications in monitoring and understanding climate change phenomena.

Scope and Topics:

  • Applications of remote sensing observations in monitoring climate change and variations.
  • Satellite-based monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions and atmospheric composition.
  • Remote sensing of land use and land cover changes for climate change impact assessment.
  • Applications of remote sensing for water resource management and conservation.
  • Satellite-based monitoring of ecosystem functions, processes and biodiversity for sustainability assessments.
  • Applications of remote sensing technology in renewable energy planning and development.
  • Satellite-based approaches for disaster management and risk reduction in the context of climate change.
  • Remote sensing applications on the water–energy–food–health (WEFH) nexus.
  • Ecosystem vulnerability and resilience from remote sensing.

Submission Guidelines:

We invite researchers and practitioners from around the world to submit their original research articles, reviews and perspectives on satellite-based applications in climate change and sustainability. All submissions will be peer-reviewed by experts in the field, and accepted papers will be published online in Remote Sensing.

Prof. Dr. John J. Qu
Prof. Dr. Xianjun Hao
Dr. Zhiliang Zhu
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.

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Spatiotemporal Analysis of Drought Characteristics and Their Impact on Vegetation and Crop Production in Rwanda
by Schadrack Niyonsenga, Anwar Eziz, Alishir Kurban, Xiuliang Yuan, Edovia Dufatanye Umwali, Hossein Azadi, Egide Hakorimana, Adeline Umugwaneza, Gift Donu Fidelis, Justin Nsanzabaganwa and Vincent Nzabarinda
Remote Sens. 2024, 16(8), 1455; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16081455 - 20 Apr 2024
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In recent years, Rwanda, especially its Eastern Province, has been contending with water shortages, primarily due to prolonged dry spells and restricted water sources. This situation poses a substantial threat to the country’s agriculture-based economy and food security. The impact may escalate with [...] Read more.
In recent years, Rwanda, especially its Eastern Province, has been contending with water shortages, primarily due to prolonged dry spells and restricted water sources. This situation poses a substantial threat to the country’s agriculture-based economy and food security. The impact may escalate with climate change, exacerbating the frequency and severity of droughts. However, there is a lack of comprehensive spatiotemporal analysis of meteorological and agricultural droughts, which is an urgent need for a nationwide assessment of the drought’s impact on vegetation and agriculture. Therefore, the study aimed to identify meteorological and agricultural droughts by employing the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) and the Vegetation Health Index (VHI). VHI comprises the Vegetation Condition Index (VCI) and the Temperature Condition Index (TCI), both derived from the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Land Surface Temperature (LST). This study analyzed data from 31 meteorological stations spanning from 1983 to 2020, as well as remote sensing indices from 2001 to 2020, to assess the spatiotemporal patterns, characteristics, and adverse impact of droughts on vegetation and agriculture. The results showed that the years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 were the most prolonged and severe for both meteorological and agricultural droughts, especially in the Southern Province and Eastern Province. These extremely dry conditions led to a decline in both vegetation and crop production in the country. It is recommended that policymakers engage in proactive drought mitigation activities, address climate change, and enforce water resource management policies in Rwanda. These actions are crucial to decreasing the risk of drought and its negative impact on both vegetation and crop production in Rwanda. Full article
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A New Framework for the Reconstruction of Daily 1 km Land Surface Temperatures from 2000 to 2022
by Yuanjun Xiao, Shengcheng Li, Jingfeng Huang, Ran Huang and Chang Zhou
Remote Sens. 2023, 15(20), 4982; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15204982 - 16 Oct 2023
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Accurate, seamless, and long-term land surface temperature (LST) data sets are crucial for investigating climate change and agriculture production. However, factors like cloud contamination have led to invalid values in the LST product, which has restricted the application of the LST dataset. Therefore, [...] Read more.
Accurate, seamless, and long-term land surface temperature (LST) data sets are crucial for investigating climate change and agriculture production. However, factors like cloud contamination have led to invalid values in the LST product, which has restricted the application of the LST dataset. Therefore, the reconstruction of LST products is challenging, and it is attracting widespread attention. This study compared the performance of different algorithms (XGBoost, GBDT, RF, POLY, MLR) and different training sets (using only good-quality pixels or using both good-quality and other-quality pixels) in the estimation of missing pixels in the LST data, obtaining a seamless daily 1 km LST dataset of MODIS Terra-day, Aqua-day, Terra-night, and Aqua-night data for Zhejiang Province and its surrounding areas from 2000 to 2022. The results demonstrated that the performance of machine-learning models is significantly better than that of linear models, and among the five models, XGBoost performed the best, with an RMSE of less than 1 °C. The Wilcoxon test between the reconstructed LST and the true LST values revealed that including both good-quality and other-quality pixels for reconstruction resulted in a 33% increase in the number of days with non-significant differences compared with using only good-quality pixels. Moreover, the reconstructed nighttime LST has a lower RMSE compared with the reconstructed daytime LST, and the RMSE of the reconstructed LST on the Terra satellite is lower than the RMSE of the reconstructed LST on the Aqua satellite. The RMSEs for the reconstructed LSTs are 0.50 °C, 0.61 °C, 0.36 °C, and 0.39 °C, corresponding to Terra-day, Aqua-day, Terra-night, and Aqua-night for images with coverage reaching 70%, 0.65 °C, 0.83 °C, 0.49 °C, respectively, and 0.52 °C for images with coverage less than 70%. The accuracy of the reconstructed LSTs using our proposed framework outperforms the existing reconstruction methods. The 1 km daily seamless LST products can be applied in various fields, such as air temperature estimation, climate change, urban heat island, and crop temperature stress monitoring. Full article
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