Special Issue "Sensors for Urban Environmental Monitoring"

Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. Jiang Dong
Data Center for Resources and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O.Box 9719, 11A Datun Road, Chao Yang District 100101, Beijing, China
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Interests: Remote sensing of resources and environment, geographical information system

Urbanization is one of the most powerful and visible anthropogenic force on the earth (Philip R. Christensen., etc.2003). Rapid urbanization procession exerts great influences on the regional and global environment, so that monitoring spatiotemporal dynamics of urban environment will become increasingly important. Satellite and airborne sensors can provide multi-temporal and multi-spatial information for urban environmental monitoring. Accordingly, the special issue of 'Sensors for Urban Environmental Monitoring' encourages papers on the use of remotely sensed data for key urban environmental quantities measurement, urban growth simulation, urban ecosystem structure and function assessment.

Urban Environmental Monitoring, Remote Sensing, Urban Land Cover Classification, Urban Growth, Urban Heat Island Effect, Urban Climate Models, Image Fusion / Data Assimilation