Remote Sensing for Coastal Habitat Mapping and Decade of Ocean Science

Dear Colleagues,

Remote sensing is an important tool for filling in critical information gaps for mapping and monitoring coastal habitats that provide indispensable ecosystem services, including blue carbon production; however, significant barriers exist for operational use within ecological and conservation communities. The recent advance of remote sensing technology and free access to high-resolution RS imageries open up new opportunities for applying remote sensing to coastal habitat mapping and monitoring, not only for research, but more importantly for conservation and management. This Special Issue aims to share cutting-edge techniques with respect to coastal habitat mapping and its applications and, thus, aims to generate solutions for coastal habitat conservation for the sustainable development of coastal area by identifying direct and indirect human impacts on coastal waters and developing ICAM/MSP, eventually contributing to the Decade of Ocean Science started in 2021.

This Special Issue aims to share not only novel, improved methods/approaches and/or algorithms of remote sensing to map coastal habitats but also case studies on the conservation of coastal habitats by applying remote sensing to realize the sustainable development of coastal areas. Due to the fact that remote sensing can play an important role in this regard, it is sharing applications of remote sensing for coastal habitat conservation is indispensable. The scope of this Special Issue includes multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing, active and passive microwave remote sensing, lidar and laser scanning, change detection, image processing and pattern recognition, operational use of remote sensing, and remote sensing applications concerning coastal habitat mapping and conservation

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: remote sensing of coastal habitats such as seagrass, seaweed and coral reefs; mangroves with human impacts such as aquaculture facilities; land use land cover change, etc.; analysis of temporal changes in coastal habitats, and applications of remote sensing to coastal habitat conservation.

Dr. Terushisa Komatsu
Dr. Tatsuyuki Sagawa
Guest Editors

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