GIS and Remote Sensing Advances in Land Change Science II

Dear Colleagues,

This is the second Special Issue concerning the contributions of remote sensing and geographical information science to the recently emerged field of land change science. Geographical information and remote sensing sciences play central role in observing, quantifying, and monitoring changes in land surfaces. In this Special Issue, recent advances in remote sensing and GISc that are related to LCS will be presented.

Land changes studied at a variety of scales, including both in space and time, will be presented in an attempt to explore the role of analytical tools and technologies in understanding changing landscapes. The priorities include novel techniques for quantifying and analyzing land change with the use of old and new remote sensors, as well as combining geographical data from multiple spatial, spectral, and thematic scales to quantify changes and their spatial patterns. Issues related to spatial error distribution, as well as the detection of false changes through time are of particular interest.

Papers incorporating novel and interesting techniques to study land change, as well as some interesting applications, will be considered. Short communications about specific technical issues and well-prepared review papers are also welcomed.

Dr. Sotirios Koukoulas
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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• land cover and environmental changes
• land cover and climate change
• urban change and modeling
• land changes in 3D
• spatio-temporal analysis/modeling
• old and new remote sensors (combination, fusing, comparisons)
• downscaling techniques
• spatial accuracy