Use of Drones for Environmental Monitoring
The book “Unmanned Aerial Systems for Monitoring Soil, Vegetation, and Riverine Environments” is the result of five years of intense activities carried out within the context of the COST Action…
Special Issue “Integrating Remote Sensing and Geospatial Big Data for Soil Moisture Estimation”
Dear Colleagues, Soil Moisture (SM) is a vital element in the hydrological cycle and land–atmosphere interactions. Quantification of SM and its spatiotemporal variability is valuable for understanding water availability in…
Estimation of soil moisture from UAS platforms using RGB and thermal imaging sensors in arid and semi-arid regions
Soil moisture (SM) is a connective hydrological variable between the Earth’s surface and atmosphere and affects various climatological processes. Surface soil moisture (SSM) is a key component for addressing energy…
In Situ Observation-Constrained Global Surface Soil Moisture Using Random Forest Model
The inherent biases of different long-term gridded surface soil moisture (SSM) products, unconstrained by the in situ observations, implies different spatio-temporal patterns. In this study, the Random Forest (RF) model…
Planning the future of Harmonious
The Department of Topography and Cartography of the Technical University of Madrid hosted our work group meeting of COST Action – HARMONIOUS from 27 up to the 30 of October. During this…
Mapping Water Infiltration Rate Using Ground and UAV Hyperspectral Data: A Case Study of Alento, Italy
Water infiltration rate (WIR) into the soil profile was investigated through a comprehensive study harnessing spectral information of the soil surface. As soil spectroscopy provides invaluable information on soil attributes,…
Special Issue on RS entitled Global Gridded Soil Information Based on Machine Learning
This Special Issue is dedicated to machine learning-based methods in:•proximal and digital global mapping of soil properties (e.g., basic, hydraulic, thermal, functional, ecosystem services);•computing systems/algorithms/approaches using Earth observation data to…
Exploring the use of UAVs with the simplified ‘triangle’ technique for soil water content and evaporative fraction retrievals in a Mediterranean setting
Information acquired from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is frequently used nowadays in a variety of disciplines and research fields. The present study explores for the first time the combined use…
A Geostatistical Approach to Map Near-Surface Soil Moisture Through Hyperspatial Resolution Thermal Inertia
Thermal inertia has been applied to map soil water content exploiting remote sensing data in the short and long wave regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Over the last years, optical…
An Integrative Information Aqueduct to Close the Gaps between Satellite Observation of Water Cycle and Local Sustainable Management of Water Resources
The past decades have seen rapid advancements in space-based monitoring of essential water cycle variables, providing products related to precipitation, evapotranspiration, and soil moisture, often at tens of kilometer scales.…
Quantifying Long-term Land Surface and Root Zone Soil Moisture over Tibetan Plateau
It is crucial to monitor the dynamics of soil moisture over the Tibetan Plateau, while considering its important role in understanding the land-atmosphere interactions and their influences on climate systems…
Estimating root zone soil moisture across the Eastern United States with passive microwave satellite data and a simple hydrologic model
Root zone soil moisture (RZSM) affects many natural processes and is an important component of environmental modeling, but it is expensive and challenging to monitor for relatively small spatial extents.…
On the Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems for Environmental Monitoring
Environmental monitoring plays a central role in diagnosing climate and management impacts on natural and agricultural systems; enhancing the understanding of hydrological processes; optimizing the allocation and distribution of water…
PROGETTI COMPETITIVI
[2020-23] Coordinatore locale del progetto intitolato “La mitigazione del rischio idraulico in bacini costieri con casse di espansione in linea: approccio di dimensionamento integrato” finanziato dal Ministero dell’Ambiente e della…
Soil Moisture Monitoring in Iran by Implementing Satellite Data into the Root-Zone SMAR Model
Monitoring Surface Soil Moisture (SSM) and Root Zone Soil Moisture (RZSM) dynamics at the regional scale is of fundamental importance to many hydrological and ecological studies. This need becomes even…