In arid and semi-arid environments, the characterization of the inter-annual variations of the light use efficiency ε due to water stress still relies mostly on meteorological data. Thus the GPP estimation based on procedures exclusively driven by remote sensing data has not found yet a widespread use. In this work, the potential to characterize the water stress in semi-natural vegetation of th...

Extensive floating macroalgae have drifted from the East China Sea to Japan’s offshore area, and field observation cannot sufficiently grasp their extensive spatial temporal changes. High-spatial-resolution satellite data, which contain multiple spectral bands, advanced remote sensing analysis. Several indexes for recognizing vegetation in images, namely, normalized difference index (NDVI), wat...

Settlements along the coastlines of oceans and lakes, which are among world’s most densely populated areas, in immediate danger due to stressors brought on by climate change dangers posed human activities. This study investigates water changes Chao Lake during last 30 years using Landsat 5, 7 8 time-series images indices, including Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI), Turbidity (NDTI), Gre...

Three linked leaf and canopy radiative transfer models were used to assess uncertainties in three vegetation architectures for the relationships between canopy water content and Equivalent Water Thickness (EWT). The leaf radiative transfer model PROSPECT was linked to SAILH, rowMCRM, and FLIM canopy reflectance models to generate synthetic spectra for a range of leaf and canopy parameters under...

Because of all-weather working ability, sensitivity to biomass and moisture, and high spatial resolution, Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite images can perfectly complement optical images for pasture monitoring. This paper aims to examine the potential of the integration of COnstellation of small Satellites for the Mediterranean basin Observasion (COSMO-SkyMed), Environmental Satellite Ad...

Abstract Tropical peatlands in Indonesia are severely degraded due to unsustainable logging, conversion plantations, poor drainage, and repeated fires. Traditional communities Central Kalimantan used build “beje” ponds for fishing paludikulur farming system (agrosilvo fishery) deep area that frequently flooded. However, hardly reached spot peat swamp makes areas suitable beje difficult find. Th...

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